Typing
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He meant three-two-four fingers. That's a lot of digits for one hand...
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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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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...
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...
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...
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.
Ooo-ar! (said with a heavy Norfolk in-bred cousin is my wife and daughter accent) :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
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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...
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...
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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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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I am quite slow, anyway, since the brain is by no means faster, the overall system is balanced. :)
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did you have a finger half chopped away by an axe
Nearly right. An axe wielder, more commonly referred to as a surgeon.
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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...
Rage wrote:
How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ?
Very fast and accurate when playing Half Life 2 deathmatch :) reaonable fast the rest of the time though. Accuracy us my probvlem - I use lot s of different keyboards and the accuracy foes down depending one hwic one i use and how lng for!
Rage wrote:
How did you learn typing ?
i have ben using computers since 1977 so it sort of comes with the territory. I have taught myself to touch type (more or less) by simply looking at which fingers you are meant to use, then using them while looking at the screen, and starting off slowly. It is frustrating at first as you make lots of mistakes - but if you keep it up in everyday typing, it soon becomes natural. (although I don't tend to touch type when coding - too many shifts required - why hasn't someone done a coders keyboard where teh freuqently used programming keys are unshifted? Didn't the BBC computer keyboard do that?
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How many fingers are you using ?
8 fingers, two thumbs although when coding, probably six fingers and the thumbs.
Rage wrote:
. Any recommendation ?
There used to be a "mavis Beacon teaches typing" that we used at work for the staff - they liked it apparently - I never used it.
Rage wrote:
Maybe the first step would be to switch to Das Keayboard Ultimate... Quote Selected Text
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Ooo-ar! (said with a heavy Norfolk in-bred cousin is my wife and daughter accent) :)
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me
Ah! The Deep South and Norfolk: The only places where Hallmark sell "Happy Birthday Uncle Dad!" cards. :laugh:
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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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...
I guess I am average, although some 13 years ago I went through army teleprinterist training at which point I was pretty fast. Anyway, I find my typing skills useful only when I write text. For coding, I spend far more time figuring how to work around limitations of various frameworks I use to improve my productivity ;P
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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...
I'm a touch-typist. I learnt typing when I was around 10-11.. Initially using guide books and my grand dad's ancient typewriter - which didn't get me very far, then shortly after, when we got our first computer (Aaah.. Windows 3.1) using some kind of typing software that was installed in it - I think it was called Typing Tutor. It was a handy skill to have for earning pocket money, not to mention looking cool in computer class. I haven't checked recently, but back then I could do up to 45-50WPM with ~97% accuracy. Probably not as good anymore.
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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...
Rage wrote:
How fast and how accurate are you at striking your keyboards ?
Don't know about fast; I strive more for accurate.
Rage wrote:
How did you learn typing ?
In high school, on a manual typewriter with the letters blacked out. You learned the position of the letters and typed with all fingers; thumbs are used only for the space bar. What skills are you trying to improve? Speed? Accuracy? Focus first on accuracy and then on speed. As for how to improve, find a book or magazine article you like and retype it. Then you are concentrating on the act of typing, not on composing what your written thoughts should be. Tim
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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...
I’m using 4 fingers and in the most cases I need to watch the keyboard while typing. I also very heavily use the mouse to extend that in one of my previous companies I had been asked from some sales guy if “I’m really a programmer”, “Cause the programmers don’t use a mouse!”. Anyway in our profession the typing speed is irrelevant productivity wise. My only regret is that I can’t type without staring at the keyboard – this would save me a lot of annoying little errors.
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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...
