Typing is not about strengthWell, I could repeatedly on and on.. gently press it.
The actor who played Daniel is now about the same age as Mr Miyagi was when they made the film.The feels..
I feel like teaching someone to type in this matter is counter-intuitive and can actually slow them down. If you are simply typing "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" over and over, this might be the right way to do it. But if you are teaching someone to *use a computer*, there are plenty of times where pressing a certain key with a certain finger just doesn't make sense. R-Shift + ' to create a " is a perfect example. Maybe you are trying to train them to use the left shift in this instance?.. I hope some programmers can come and echo my comments. When you're using symbols and brackets and parentheses regularly, this approach of assigning certain keys to certain fingers just seems awkward and wrong.I think the strict traditional method is developed only and solely for very fast typing of common text. In that way of thinking it does make sense to teach for the other hand to use a function key instead of the same because "it is very likely" that the same key will be very shortly needed - or was needed right before - on another 3rd key and that would make the use of the other hand beneficial, leaving one of the hands with only 2 keys to deal with (as an example).
I type primarily with my right index and middle fingers for most of the keys on the right side of the keyboard. My left index finger also goes as far over as the "y" key when typing, and I type around 95-110WPM fairly accurately. I also spend a lot of time programming and typing emails/etc at work, and it seems unnatural to not rest my hands when typing - fatigue sets in very quickly.
I definitely feel that you should teach someone to touch-type from the start, but I think once you have memorized the layout of the keyboard - whatever works for you, works, and you shouldn't try and conform to some standard just because it's supposedly the right way to do it. Going from 75WPM -> 30WPM? Why torture yourself?
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If you're typing C with your left index finger, you're doing it wrong.
I mean, if it feels comfortable go nuts, but you're still doing it wrong.
I have a theory as to how I progress when learning a new keyboard layout:That sounds right according to what I experience. I can do 60 but I'm still trying to shed the ghost of the old habits. They don't reappear that easily anymore but it's lurking.
1 [~15wpm]. Initially I attempted to memorize the layout. At this stage, I thought of typing in terms of letter-by-letter.
2 [~30wpm]. I start recognizing common n-grams or short words (e.g. the, ion, ing, ou, etc.).
3 [~60wpm]. I read ahead (internal monologue) many n-grams or words together and let my fingers do the rest, albeit slowly.
4 [100wpm+]. After practicing/just typing a lot, accuracy improves, but more importantly, hesitation goes out the window and speed increases dramatically.
These were just some observations I made about my own typing when I was learning new layouts.
Typing b using right index is one I've yet to unlearn completely. I also don't think I can read faster than 90 wpm.Interesting point. Reading being the bottleneck..
Interesting point. Reading being the bottleneck..