Typing faster

OhEsEcks said:
Exactly. By slowing them down so the arms wouldn't jam....
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Uh no, look it up. The keys were places so common arms were not directly adjacent, nothing more. There is no evidence to suggest it was designed to slow down typing, if anything it was the complete opposite, being the best layout for typing at speed whilst avoiding jams.

You might liken it to the most effective posture a runner can use to avoid strain.
 
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Deehjay said:
I also have played and still played WoW religiously, mind me asking how it learnt you how type fast and/or touch type?
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He got used to typing "holy ******* **** you moron, don't stand in the huge red flashing circles, jesus ****** christ"

That was my experience anyway.
 
Deehjay said:
I also have played and still played WoW religiously, mind me asking how it learnt you how type fast and/or touch type?
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Playing in the dark and playing arena. Just playing in general made me type faster as you often need to do so when in group etc. However if you use vent a lot more (as I eventually did) then it becomes redundant.

Also my setup meant that I didn't always have a view of the keyboard and was looking up at the screen.
/supernerdvegetable :o
 
Fenris said:
Uh no, look it up. The keys were places so common arms were not directly adjacent, nothing more.
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You mean the type arms (I don't know what you meant when you said type heads before you edited). The whole point of moving the arms so that you end up with qwerty was to stop them jamming when people typed at speed. And qwerty doesn't completely eliminate it. I can jam an old Olympia if I get typing fast enough.
 
OhEsEcks said:
You mean the type arms (I don't know what you meant when you said type heads before you edited). The whole point of moving the arms so that you end up with qwerty was to stop them jamming when people typed at speed. And qwerty doesn't completely eliminate it. I can jam an old Olympia if I get typing fast enough.
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I really don't understand what you are trying to point out here beyond what I've already said. However I'll say it again in hope it gets across this time.

QWERTY was in no designed to slow anyone down. It was, in fact, designed to speed them up by using most effective layout whilst avoiding jams.
 
It's just a natural thing to learn in my opinion. Also, avoid typing on anything apart from a computer keyboard if you can. I use a Blackberry and have a habit of using Blackberry shortcuts. It's slowed my typing right down (though still hit 60-75 wpm).
 
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What's your WPM? Although other keyboard layouts in theory will give you faster typing speeds in time, you can still achieve a very fast speed (100WPM+) on a QWERTY keyboard.

If you are using the wrong digits for certain keys, you should almost certainly work on that before you even try anything else. If you have your fingers in the home position, every key will have an optimum digit to press it with. If your finger/thumb has to travel less distance, it's a no brainer that once you have that action in muscle memory, you will be able to press that key faster and thus have a faster typing speed.

There must be some sort of diagram knocking about on Google somewhere for what digit to use where, but slow down your typing for a bit and just try and use the right digits for the right keys. Don't worry if your typing is actually slower for a bit. If you keep up the bad habits, you are just re-enforcing them in your brain and you are more likely to do them the next time. This will also help improve your error rate if you simply practice not typing them even if you type slower for a bit (I used to suffer from lots of errors too). As my guitar teacher always says, perfect practice results in perfect playing (or in this case typing) so try and keep it in mind. If you are practising typing correctly, your muscle memory will build up good habits in no time and so you will see increases in your typing speed. :)
 
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ITT: The only person in the world who uses Dvorak or Colemak desperately tries to convince people that it's the easiest way to type quickly.

Meanwhile, in the real world, it's perfectly normal to be able to type 100+wpm on a Qwerty board and not have that minor drawback of alienating your ability to type quickly from every other computer on the face of the planet.
 
Somthing Else said:
my advice is this

keep typing and eventually you will become faster. if you keep doing somthing then you will become faster, also dont worry.
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you just seem to learn where the keys are once you have been using them for so long. it might take a while but you'll learn it eventually.
 
Tried Type Racer and got 70 wpm with 94% accuracy. I think I could get around 80 if I made less mistakes :(
I guess practice makes perfect really, and hopefully if I practice with TypeRacer and that Z Type one I should get better. I think when I'm just casually typing I tend to slow right down, like now for instance.
 
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