Do you know how to type?

Do you know how to type?

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i can type pretty fast and accurately without looking, and as far as making mistakes, im really used to the backspace key too, so errors dont slow me down a lot. had to take like 2 typing classes in Jr. high
 
Third in the CF typing contest ;)

Yeah, I've known how to touch type since I was about 3 or 4.. I was brought up on computing (and its science) VERY early. Good old days of the BBC!

Of course, I could only touch type very poorly at that age. Now, I can type much faster and more accurate.
 
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Normally I type while looking, but I just typed this entire thing without looking down so I guess I can do it good enough. I look at the keyboard when I type because I don't use home row (i hover my hands above the keyboard and type with the 3 middle fingers on each hand, like really fast hunt-and-peck but with 3-6 fingers at a time) and sometimes when I type fast I'll lose my place on the keyboard and start making mistakes. I only look at the keyboard for positioning purposes rather than actually looking for the keys. I can type pretty fast like that and I can type faster than most people I know so I probably won't change.
 
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I know how to type... slowly. (29 wpm) Backspace is my best friend;) I don't look usually, I used to and now I am trying to break the habit. Started practicing by typing in the dark when it doesn't work to look.
 
I mastered it not long ago. Ive been typing without ever looking for a couple months now and I can type very fast actually without looking. I find it so much better now always having to look down.
 
it makes your type faster. because it has got all the englsih alphabets.
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Just because it has all the letters doesnt make it useful because stuff people type may or may not involve all the characters or more importantly, in that order. Consider this:
  • Hmmm, random word ... "shareholder"
  • Whats the most efficient way to type this? (measuring efficiency is subjective yes but lets take something standard like characters-per-unit-time)
  • Now how we all type differently and we all type at different rates (arthritis, experience, good/bad day etc etc etc), so it's not really easy to compare based on something like words-per-minute.
  • One way (which I propose) to measure would be based on finger-efficiency
    • If you have to type "0000000000" (ten zeros), that's really easy because you just have to perform a single action ("press key"). If you have to type "046265592", it's a bit trickier because now you have to do two actions ("press key", "move finger to next location")
    • Taking this a step further, most of us have multiple fingers and more importantly, multiple hands. If you type "omg" using only your right-index finger it takes a certain amount of time. If you type using, say, "right index = o", "right thumb = m", "left index = g" it takes less time because you're process stack is executing concurrently (i.e., while you're pressing the 'o', your other hand is moving into position so effectively, the number of sequential actions is reduced)
    • The more you type (and/or pay atten to how well you type) you'll notice patterns like typing "opklenp" is easier than typing "opeknpl" even though they have the same letters simply because of the absolute and relative position of the keys on the keyboard. Or that typing "today is a good day to die" is far easier than typing "in the gnomish bush, Ffleudeur found berries" (regardless of the fact that the length is different, the results stand even if you trim the longer one down)


Yes I have a near-symbiotic relationship with my PC :P And yes, people who optimize based on keystrokes are computer geeks :P


I do that too from time to time but I don't type type, my hands travel. I developed this style while programming and needed all kinds of special characters.
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You need to add
Code: 
#include "NotSoSpecialSyntax.h"
 
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