Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
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Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
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Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#2You might be just as fast and just as accurate but your fingers are definitely working harder, which could lead to RSI, for example. People have analyzed various layouts for efficiency, which may vary with type of work:
http://xahlee.info/kbd/dvorak_and_all_keyboard_layouts.html
http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/#/about
https://medium.com/@vojtajina/my-keyboard-layout-is-better-t...
There are more links under "Alternate Keyboard Layouts" on this GitHub page: https://github.com/melling/ErgonomicNotes/blob/master/keyboa...
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#3 > The researchers say our typing techniques are often a
> reflection of the task being performed on the computer.
> “The touch typing system was developed for typing
> sentences on typewriters,” said Feit. “It is not
> advantageous for Photoshop shortcuts or gaming, often
> done with one hand on the mouse.”
> Developers could use this research to create better user
> interfaces both in software and in keyboards
> themselves. The interfaces should be tailored to the
> way we type today, not how we typed a long time ago.
As a programmer I find typing {, } and \ with the pinky the biggest problem. There are layouts especially for programmers. The ones that I'm aware of are Programmer Dvorak[1] and Neo[2].
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#4> The researchers say our typing techniques are often a > reflection of the task being performed on the computer. > “The touch typing system was developed for typing > sentences on typewriters,” said Feit. “It is not > advantageous for Photoshop shortcuts or gaming, often > done with one hand on the mouse.” > Developers could use this research to create better user > interfaces both in software and in keyboards > the…
Also, you can touch type without necessarily using the 'correct' fingers on the keys.
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#5I learned to type with speed by playing Police Quest when quite young, and developed a quite quick, but interesting style where I never use my thumbs. I tend to cover roughly 2/3 of the keyboard (the left side) using my left hand, and the remaining 1/3 (and 10-key) with the right.
It's worked out well for me, and I can touch type both code and English wonderfully. The only time it falls apart is when I find myself in front of a split, so-called ergonomic keyboard, which expects each hand to do a 50% split.
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#6> The researchers say our typing techniques are often a > reflection of the task being performed on the computer. > “The touch typing system was developed for typing > sentences on typewriters,” said Feit. “It is not > advantageous for Photoshop shortcuts or gaming, often > done with one hand on the mouse.” > Developers could use this research to create better user > interfaces both in software and in keyboards > the…
Neo is optimized for the German language, not for programming.
Other languages have a different letter distribution so different keys should be on the home row, for example.
Other popular layouts include:
Colemak: http://www.workmanlayout.com/blog/
Norman: https://normanlayout.info/
Workman: http://www.workmanlayout.com/blog/
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#7Isn't this more a reflection of the limits of the qwerty layout? Both 'styles' have similar asymptotic limits because the layout simply doesn't enable faster speeds very well.
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#8I learned how to touch-type in high school so I could type easily at college. After programming for years I've migrated to a custom scheme that seems a lot easier to type than touch. I have suspected I was no slower but I haven't tested myself. Even if slower it is easier.
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#9I was given a computer at an early age and my mother didn't know how it worked and had never used a computer, and my grandfather was blind, and so had never used a computer either. I picked up how different keys and combinations worked myself at around the age of seven, and developed an awful habit of turning caps-lock on, pressing the letter I wanted in uppercase, and then turned caps-lock off again.
I'm thirty now, and a professional programmer, and it's only within the last few months that I've gotten away from the habit by disabling the caps-lock key, I might remap it to something else in the future.
I type at a pretty speedy pace, probably around 80-90 words per minute, my fingers don't rest on the home row. The only thing that bothers me with my current typing is that my left pinky has a tendency stick up, as if I'm drinking tea. [0]
[0] Like so. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-crwYVpcU7z8/TfvDnx6v82I/AAAAAAAAB3...
Re: Your Typing Style Might Not Be So Bad
#10You might be just as fast and just as accurate but your fingers are definitely working harder, which could lead to RSI, for example. People have analyzed various layouts for efficiency, which may vary with type of work: http://xahlee.info/kbd/dvorak_and_all_keyboard_layouts.html http://patorjk.com/keyboard-layout-analyzer/#/about https://medium.com/@vojtajina/my-keyboard-layout-is-better-t... There are more links und…
> which could lead to RSI
As a single data-point I find RSI isn't a problem for my typing style. I'm in my sixties and I've fought RSI on and off many times. To the contrary my typing style has changed to be more comfortable and less stressful. I've actually had to change it at times to lessen pains in specific fingers. Forcing myself to use touch-typing had caused pain in my pinkies before.