anyone learn to touchtype?

tom_e · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:05

How on earth are you still pecking after that long!? I'd be there all day if I still typed like that.

dbmzk1 · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:06

I learnt to do it in my early teens and never really even thought about it to be honest.

Work colleagues always comment on how fast I can type, but I don't think I can type THAT fast - it still surprises me how so many people can hardly type at all, some people at work use one finger...

Dunks · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:12

doofer said:
Glaucus tough-tyres, he kin tyre 120 weasels per moose.

Actually laughed, brilliant.

Dj_Jestar · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:14

I do. It's so much faster. This is my keyboard:

A bit of encouragement to keep it up

tom_e · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:15

Can you make it a little larger, I can't quite make out the individual molecules.

Dj_Jestar · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:17

Dunno what you are talking about.

*whistles incoherently*

Flubble · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:30

i don't touch type properly by resting my fingers on asdf jkl; but can type most words without looking at the keyboard

SuperBOB · 8 Mar 2016 at 12:58

Practice makes perfect

Golf1.6 · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:02

tom_e said:
How on earth are you still pecking after that long!? I'd be there all day if I still typed like that.

Pecking = using 2 index fingers to type all the letters with hands hovering over the keyboard.

Not necessarily typing slow, looking for every letter before pressing it.

Golf1.6 · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:03

Dj_Jestar said:
I do. It's so much faster. This is my keyboard:

A bit of encouragement to keep it up

Wow, I've never used the same keyboard that long to wipe out all the letters. Unfortunately for me I work at home and eat at my desk so the keyboards get gfood in them long before I wear out any keys.

tom_e · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:05

Golf1.6 said:
Pecking = using 2 index fingers to type all the letters with hands hovering over the keyboard.

Not necessarily typing slow, looking for every letter before pressing it.

That's still going to be much slower than making full use of your fingers and not having to move so far over the keyboard though surely?

Golf1.6 said:
Wow, I've never used the same keyboard that long to wipe out all the letters. Unfortunately for me I work at home and eat at my desk so the keyboards get gfood in them long before I wear out any keys.

They're not worn out, they're blank keycaps

valkynaz · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:15

I didn't learn how to do it, it just came naturally through playing games.

It was very advantageous in games such as RuneScape when trading items.

I can type around 80-85 WPM.

boxman2000 · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:15

I went on a secretarial typing course as an after school activity (some 20 years ago) - although I got stick from my peers I was able to do over 140wpm.

Just did a test now and am 106wpm which I was quite pleased with.

Definitely one of the best skills I left school with - I do feel sorry for kids these days as most of their in-class technology experience is going back to the single finger typing but on touch screens. This is not going to improve spelling/grammar one bit IMO.

nine_tails · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:23

Don't generally need to look at keyboard to type.. unless some keys are not the right proportions (like the MS keyboard , where the function keys are thin.. so i miss them).

Oh , no touch typing for me, it my on thang.

adolf hamster · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:46

I sort of stare at the keyboard without looking whilst typing, my mum on the otherhand can type properly, its scary that she can type faster than she can talk.

RyanF · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:46

Being an avid FPS gamer I wouldn't stay alive very long if I kept having to look at the keys when trying to move. I've just spent so long in front of PCs that I've learnt where the keys are.

Stoner81 · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:55

I touch type all the time now since I have spent so long using a PC that I just know where the keys are generally speaking though I don't type to a specific standard or method etc.

Stoner81.

Casdawer · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:56

I did ICT Business at school and we had to do "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" after every lesson.

This was done for 3 years and at the end of it, I could do it with ease.

Now I work in IT as well, I can touch type easily.

Dj_Jestar · 8 Mar 2016 at 13:59

Golf1.6 said:
Wow, I've never used the same keyboard that long to wipe out all the letters. Unfortunately for me I work at home and eat at my desk so the keyboards get gfood in them long before I wear out any keys.

Ha, yeah as tom_e says it's not that I've worn them out (though I can see now how my post implies it) sorry!

I'm using a DAS Keyboard Ultimate 4. Functionally identical to this one, and aesthetically identical but for blank keys: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/das-keyboard-4-professional-clicky-cherry-mx-blue-kb-004-ds.html

Tephnos · 8 Mar 2016 at 14:07

I don't touch type in the normal sense (don't use standard home keys)

Doesn't seem to cause me any issues though: