Typing
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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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"The staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - J. Jystad, 2001When I was in high school they updated the computer labs to 486s, but the only software they put on it was Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. So I took typing class and sat in the same spot in the back of the class every day where I installed and happily coded in Turbo Pascal.
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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...
Ah... the good ole days of typing. I believe the young ones call it "keyboarding" these days. At least that's what my kids call it. I learned to type in high school (a long, long time ago) on a manual, non-electric type writer. (Anyone remember those? Hated it when the keys kept getting stuck together because you went too fast). Anyway, I now type at about 75 to 80 words per minute using both hands, all fingers, with very few mistakes. I like to amaze my friends with my ability to type about as fast as they talk. (yeah, I have no life...)
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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 type fast - about 100 words per minute.
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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I taught myself how to type and I found that as I became a professional programmer I just naturally became able to type faster and faster. However, most programmers I know are hunt and peck. While you may be just as good of a programmer, when non-technical people see a programmer one-fingering his or her keyboard it does not inspire confidence. Also, when someone ambushes me in my cube or office it always disturbs them for me to look them in the eyes while we are still talking and I am still typing away. Of course, they can't see the fact that I usually come back and fix the mess I made after they left!
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Also, when someone ambushes me in my cube or office it always disturbs them for me to look them in the eyes while we are still talking and I am still typing away.
I once did that, only they could see my screen so I wrote: "I am being too bloody clever!" The old dear laughed :)
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I type fast - about 100 words per minute.
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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Easy: 01 10 11 Using 10 fingers you can count from 0 to 1023
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Easy: 01 10 11 Using 10 fingers you can count from 0 to 1023
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I type fast - about 100 words per minute.
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
Is the word "a" ?
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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...
Two to three. My boss once said that if I could touch type, I'd be a real terror.
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Last time I checked, I had about 97% accuracy.
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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Is the word "a" ?
viaducting wrote:
Is the word "a" ?
More complex than that - take the test yourself[^].
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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Last time I checked, I had about 97% accuracy.
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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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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I went to a typing class and did the first exam in about 3 months. It went very well and I scored first class, and then went for the second round and scored first as well. Somehow, it was my thing. I remember participating on a thread on this some time back in the past: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/2025708/I-did-a-hundred.aspx[^] (the screenshot I uploaded is gone now though).
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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I went to a typing class and did the first exam in about 3 months. It went very well and I scored first class, and then went for the second round and scored first as well. Somehow, it was my thing. I remember participating on a thread on this some time back in the past: http://www.codeproject.com/Messages/2025708/I-did-a-hundred.aspx[^] (the screenshot I uploaded is gone now though).
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
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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 both hands. never learned typing though. Try using both hands, start with two fingers of left hand for left sight keyboard two fingers of right hand for right sight keyboard use any thumb for space bar. this will help a lot while typing. you can just go to that level after some time, without learning any sort of typing. And it is very fast way.
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viaducting wrote:
Is the word "a" ?
More complex than that - take the test yourself[^].
It's time for a new sig. Seriously.
I can now sustain 85 WPM with ~97% accuracy (this is from a different program that I downloaded a while ago). I can't even touch type. ;P
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Wow, Pete, you are the first real person I see who really wants to give Dvorak a try. Good luck !
There was at least one developer using a Dvorak keyboard in the last place I worked. I didn't follow up on it then, but i'm thinking i'll download the driver tonight to see if it works on my laptop at home. I do like the idea of all the brackets and operators on the number keys without the need for the shift key as i tend to find those a bit awkward. I'll let you know how i get on.
Pete
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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?
Rage wrote:
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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_Maxxx_ wrote:
why hasn't someone done a coders keyboard where teh freuqently used programming keys are unshifted?
Programmers Dvorak[^] ok, i'm harping on now, that's it.
Pete
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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 type 90 WPM with errors factored in (and full touch typing.)
Rage wrote:
How did you learn typing ?
I learned at home, but had a formal class in high school. It wasn't a mandatory class, but highly suggested. My youngest daughter has been typing over 60 wpm since she was ten or so. She's probably up to 70 or 80 wpm now. Last time we measured, my oldest son typed at 60-70 wpm, though his error rate is higher than his sisters. The other two kids type about 50-60. We all type faster than my wife, which annoys her. (On the other hand, my wife can ten-key like the wind--she worked in a bank clearing house early in our marriage and got very good.)
Rage wrote:
I am an average typist, and would like to improve my skills,
Practice, practice, practice. Mavis Beacon Typing is still around. Don't know if it's any good.