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  • R realJSOP

    I went through school before typing was commonplace for anyone but aspiring secretaries. I never learned to type, and as a result I use three-four fingers.

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    Dalek Dave
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    I only have two forefingers.

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      How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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      Henry Minute
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      Rage wrote:

      How many fingers are you using ?

      7.5

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        How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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        Nish Nishant
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        3, maybe 4. The forefingers and thumbs on both hands, though the left thumb is rarely used.

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          Rage wrote:

          How many fingers are you using ?

          7.5

          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” Why do programmers often confuse Halloween and Christmas? - Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. Business Myths of the Geek #4 'What you think matters.'

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          Rage
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          Is this an average, or did you have a finger half chopped away by an axe ?

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          • D Dalek Dave

            I only have two forefingers.

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            Media2r
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            Dalek Dave wrote:

            I only have two forefingers.

            Then how do you count to three? //L

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              How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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              hairy_hats
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              Rage wrote:

              How many fingers are you using ?

              Most of them. I learned to touch-type on a manual typewriter years ago and I can still nearly touch-type when I am focused, but I've got wandering hands and need to look down regularly to stay on target.

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              • R Rage

                How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                Arun Jacob
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                Rage wrote:

                How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ?

                40 Km/hr on deadlines else 20-25 Km/hr.

                Rage wrote:

                How did you learn typing ?

                Unfortunately It happened due to circumstances.

                Rage wrote:

                How many fingers are you using ?

                As per availability

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                • R Rage

                  How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                  Peter Mulholland
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                  Did you look at the Dvorak keyboard? Aparently the typing speed record is held by someone using a Dvorak. There are drivers available for the programmer Dvorak layout here[^] and just this morning I ordered a couple of sets of Programmer Dvorak keyboard stickers here[^]. The first link has a link to a basic course in Dvorak. I might be harping on a bit about this now, since I haven't used a Dvorak keyboard myself yet, so i'm just going to leave it at that. :-D

                  Pete

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                  • R Rage

                    How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                    Russell Jones
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                    I got my hands on an old dusty copy of "The typing of the dead". B Movie zombie typing action :laugh: Was reasonable fun to play and got my touch typing up to scratch. I should really have another play with it as too much coding has wrecked my touch typing skills

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                    • R Rage

                      How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                      CPallini
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                      I am quite slow, anyway, since the brain is by no means faster, the overall system is balanced. :)

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                      • D Dalek Dave

                        I only have two forefingers.

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                        R Giskard Reventlov
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                        He meant three-two-four fingers. That's a lot of digits for one hand...

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                          He meant three-two-four fingers. That's a lot of digits for one hand...

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                          OriginalGriff
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                          It's NFN - "Normal For Norfolk"

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                            How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                            Anthony Mushrow
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                            Around 5 I think, mostly index and middle finger occasionally ring finger, little finder is used for the shift keys. My dad did buy us a typing game a long time ago, but I always found it too difficult. I think I'll have to dig it out and try it again, if your interested the game was this[^] ;P It is actually very good

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                              How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                              Jeremy Hutchinson
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                              Rage wrote:

                              How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ?

                              I never miss when I'm using my lucky bat, the speed depends on how angry I am... I took a typing class in high school, it was early 90's and at the time I could see if being useful for writing papers during college. I didn't really consider that I would take to software development and be typing all day 5 days a week. The class was a geared towards secretaries though and a lot of the work was formatting different styles of documents. I barely broke 30 words a minute and actually flunked on quarter do to poor speed and accuracy. I now type at around 25 words per minute and use 9 fingers (I don't use my left thumb, and my right pinkie is only used for the enter key).

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                                How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                                BonshatS
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                                I taught myself to type on an old Smith Corona typewriter mainly because I was tired of my high school papers taking forever to type. I didn't see my first computer keyboard until about a year later. As for how I learned, I typed a lot of those sentences that contain every letter in the alphabet. I'm sure DD can give the name for what those sentences are called. I also typed a few verses of whatever song lyrics I liked at the time. I use 10 fingers, no toes.

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                                  It's NFN - "Normal For Norfolk"

                                  Did you know: That by counting the rings on a tree trunk, you can tell how many other trees it has slept with.

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                                  R Giskard Reventlov
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                                  Ooo-ar! (said with a heavy Norfolk in-bred cousin is my wife and daughter accent) :)

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                                    How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                                    Pete OHanlon
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                                    Rage wrote:

                                    How many fingers are you using ?

                                    There are two answers to that. The first one is rude, and the second one depends on whether or not you're from Norfolk - in which case, 12 fingers and 3 thumbs.

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                                      How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                                      WiGgLr
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                                      I use all fingers and thumbs and touch type quite accuractely and fast. However it isn't "proper" touch typing, it's a self-taught version learnt from spending way too much time on IRC back in 1996 whilst at university, I probably only use the "correct" fingers for the keys on about 80% of the keys. Still, it suits the purpose :)

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                                        How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ? How did you learn typing ? How many fingers are you using ? I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills, but I didn't find any good tool/app to do so. Any recommendation ? Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate...

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                                        phannon86
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                                        One less than normal, as I fractured my left index finger at the weekend :) however typically I use all but the pinkies, but they stray in from time to time.

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                                          I use all fingers and thumbs and touch type quite accuractely and fast. However it isn't "proper" touch typing, it's a self-taught version learnt from spending way too much time on IRC back in 1996 whilst at university, I probably only use the "correct" fingers for the keys on about 80% of the keys. Still, it suits the purpose :)

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                                          Lost User
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                                          Same here, though it was a couple of years later and it wasn't IRC but online games..

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