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Typing style

Hunt and Peck.
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Fast Two Finger Typing.
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Touch Typing - Learned naturally.
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69%
Touch Typing - Learned using apps etc.
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Post by Woo Elephant Yeah »

FatherJack wrote:I use both hands and just sort of use whichever of my index and middle fingers are the nearest. I have to look at the keyboard. It's slightly quicker on average than just two fingers, as depending on the words I can sometimes type three or four characters very quickly.
THIS :above:

Allthough I have now learned a really bad habit of typing ; instead of '
This never used to be a problem, as I only recently (on b3ta) understood where to put apostrophes in shortened/joined words, as weirdly I was never taught this in my entire education.

I can "speel" really well, but now I have started to use ', and keep typing ; instead, I automatically type ;, then hit backspace, then type ' every single time, so it now takes me 3 button presses to type a bloody apostrophe. :x
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Post by webclam »

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:it now takes me 3 button presses to type a bloody apostrophe.

You have FAT FINGER DISEASE™

(and so do I)
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Post by Nickface »

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:I can "speel" really well, but now I have started to use ', and keep typing ; instead, I automatically type ;, then hit backspace, then type ' every single time, so it now takes me 3 button presses to type a bloody apostrophe. :x
SAUSAGE FINGERS!
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Post by Joose »

I type like an epileptic being electrocuted. Somehow, words appear.

I am unconvinced that one causes the other.
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Post by fabyak »

Joose wrote:I type like an epileptic being electrocuted. Somehow, words appear.

I am unconvinced that one causes the other.
pffffffft

Im now sat in the office giggling like a loon

Several years of Sysadmin'ing have taught me, although im not convinced how often I typed /me bums, which appears to be programmed into my fingers
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Post by Loxy »

:lol:

SOme class answers here. I touch type but I make mistakes all the time which makes me a crap touch typist!
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Post by cashy »

i type with 3 fingers.... i dont use my left index finger for anything, just my middle one, and then on the right i type with my index and middle finger. i blame it on the stubby nature of it.

i dont look where im going, but i use the backspace key more than any
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Post by Fred Woogle »

depends on my mood, what i'm listening to, how much alcohol I have drunk, what I'm doing. (I don't need to look at it though :P)
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Post by pixie pie »

How about a little indicator of how fast we type, try out this http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm/ to tell you how fast you type.
I managed 130WPM (1 mistake).
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Post by Wiggy »

Mine is sort of touch typing, but I look at the keys quite often, although I instantly know if I have made a mistake. Seems that my typing goes to shit when I get on EVE though, couse i seem to miss out all the punctuation and capital letters like this

Getting better though, a year of writing acoustic reports will do that to you.
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Post by Woo Elephant Yeah »

pixie pie wrote:How about a little indicator of how fast we type, try out this http://labs.jphantom.com/wpm/ to tell you how fast you type.
I managed 130WPM (1 mistake).
pffftttt 36WPM with 13 mistakes.

Not bad considering that si the first time I have ever tried to touch type, ever!
I always look at the keys, and oddly enough I know where they are without realising it. :lol:
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Post by cashy »

56.24 WPM with 7 mistakes. not bad considering im drunk XD
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Post by Roman Totale »

46.09 wpm, 3 mistakes - not bad considering I'm a spacker.
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Post by pixie pie »

I'd like to think my performance was greatly helped by the keyboard I'm using:
Image

And the fact I type on this thing waaay too much nowadays.

MOD EDITED: Bit too close to the bone there.
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