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Fun idea, but doesn't seem to recognize non-US keyboard layouts.
Thanks for the bug report. The next update will fix international keyboard layouts once I figure out the mess that is cross-browser, cross-language javascript key event handling:)
I don't understand programmer's obsession with typing efficiency. We're not typists. Typing is a tiny fraction of the time I spend programming. Most of the time I'm thinking, or talking to another developer about a problem. I could have the fastest typing skills and most efficient editor and not even be marginally more productive.
The blog post[1] Steve Yegge was the one that triggered me to consider touch typing seriously.
1. http://steve-yegge.blogspot.in/2008/09/programmings-dirtiest...
It doesn't appear to respect my keyboard layout - I'm using colemak (which works fine) but with UK symbols instead of US (which works everywhere else, including the HN comment box, but not in Typing.io where it wants me to type US symblos: eg " and @ are swapped).
It would be awesome if they're keeping stats on each language so that we can find out which language is the easiest to type.
I am! This is good idea. Keep an eye out for a blog post...
One minor thing: practice sessions are called "lessons" but nothing is actually taught.
I was considering doing something like this in the terminal, possibly using an adaptation of gtypist. However, I the more I thought about it, I realized that I would be better off writing a module for my everyday text editor, since I would have access to completion, copy/paste, indention, macros, etc.
I don't want to 'talk down' all the work you did with this. I'm really glad you made it and I am going to use it, for sure.
Keep up the great work!
I honestly didn't mean to break it! It does seem however under Safari OS X it doesn't like alt + 3 for hash, which for the C++ ones is a big thing.
Thanks for the bug report. I'll look into what's happening with your key inputs on Safari.
It doesn't appear to respect my keyboard layout - I'm using colemak (which works fine) but with UK symbols instead of US (which works everywhere else, including the HN comment box, but not in Typing.io where it wants me to type US symblos: eg " and @ are swapped).
It wasn't even enough to press the corresponding button where semicolon is placed on English layout, I had to actually switch keyboard-layout and then press the correct button to get past it.
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Last night I learned that Microsoft Word 2010 will auto replace a ")" with a "}" if I type { stuff ). Does anyone know when this feature was implemented in Word?
What would the possible use for such a feature be? When in the world are non-programmers ever typing squiggly braces?
It doesn't appear to respect my keyboard layout - I'm using colemak (which works fine) but with UK symbols instead of US (which works everywhere else, including the HN comment box, but not in Typing.io where it wants me to type US symblos: eg " and @ are swapped).
I wrote a typing tutor a while ago and this is a somewhat common pitfall, to manually handle characters by pulling key codes. Instead you should let the O/S tell you which character was typed (and also check key codes, for things like backspace) which then handles different layouts / locales etc.
Edit: Ok, it works in Chrome - so it's not working for me in Firefox 14.0.1 on OS X Lion.
Now that I can use it, I love it, but I have one request - I'd like to be able to go back and see my stats, please!