I taught myself a personal typing style, because I found touch typing to be awkward, unpleasant and quite frankly shitty to follow.
So yeah, not okay with the implications that not knowing those lines means not knowing how to type.
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I had a PC/Typing class in school. I never ended up using it. I basically learned the way I type from playing WoW and other online games with text chats. I mostly use my left hand for typing and occasionally use my right for some keys briefly.
I’m sure if I took a typing speed test I wouldn’t be as fast as someone using the home keys, but it’s worked well enough for me.
I grew up in an era of sneaking into the living room to use the family desktop in the middle of the night to talk to random strangers in yahoo chat rooms.
I also learned how to type with just my left hand....
They're not just lines, they're bumps. Haptic feedback as the kids say.
I never learned to type. I have my own inefficient style
Shifting of focus (eyes to keyboard then back to screen) can slow you down a lot. With computers I just stare at the keyboard and type. Problem with this is when something happens on the screen and the cursor is no longer where I think it is.
What I hate is the forced use of the mouse. Either make it all mouse or all keyboard navigable. In fact, with people having to use screen readers, all forms need to be keyboard navigable.
I learnt to use these... Completely without instruction. I move my hands as I type and alternate my fingers by default.
I've tried touch typing tutorials, where I'm meant to keep my fingers within a 'zone', however it was causing my hands to cramp once I reached 90 WPM.
These little indicators are lovely for touch typing though, even if I'm not doing it 'properly'. No repetitive strain injury in my weird way of typing without looking though!
Same here. The lines let me know where my fingers are in relation to the keyboard. Mavis Beacon would scream if she saw how I type, but I can do it at around 90wpm without looking.
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I always saw it as "speed-braille".
It’s how I quit vi
/r/teachers is a horror show.
It's so you know if the keyboard is upside down or not.
"They don't teach typing anymore"... for what, a job in the typing pool?? 😅
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