Slacker007 wrote:

Most programmers (not all) probably learned how to type before they took up programming.

Thank you. :) I had no interest in typing until I discovered programming. Then it became necessary to acquire some typing skill. At that point, it was too late for me to go back and master touch-typing. And it still does not interest me: I would rather be learning a new programming language or just plain coding! I have noticed, however, that my typing is much faster when I write code than when I write English. It is as if my typing is specialized to go along with my chosen profession. Semicolons, brackets, and camel-casing are built into my technique!

My biggest gripe is that the ribbon requires a wide window to accommodate the controls. I prefer to write, review, and edit documents in a thin window (to facilitate LF tracking).

My typing speed is slow, but completely error-free. I would like to think that the net effect of it is on par with that of the lightning-fast-but-error-prone typists I have worked with. I like to make each keystroke count! After all, a fast typing speed is more the hallmark of a good data-entry clerk than that of a good programmer.