Hi!
I'm learning to touch type, by myself but following the standard guidelines, but as i become faster i found myself pressing some keys with the wrong finger because on certain positions it feels more natural, should i avoid this?
Also, all of you guys use both shifts for caps?
And one last question, i'm using a ISO Spanish layout but my next board will be ANSI layout as i want to learn it, mainly to use it with *nix operating systems, and i will swapping between both layouts. You people find easy to have to layouts in muscular memory or is hard to achieve?
I don't know if this is the best subforum for this, srry if is not. ;D
Hi!
I'm learning to touch type, by myself but following the standard guidelines, but as i become faster i found myself pressing some keys with the wrong finger because on certain positions it feels more natural, should i avoid this?
Also, all of you guys use both shifts for caps?
And one last question, i'm using a ISO Spanish layout but my next board will be ANSI layout as i want to learn it, mainly to use it with *nix operating systems, and i will swapping between both layouts. You people find easy to have to layouts in muscular memory or is hard to achieve?
I don't know if this is the best subforum for this, srry if is not. ;D
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
Hi!
I'm learning to touch type, by myself but following the standard guidelines, but as i become faster i found myself pressing some keys with the wrong finger because on certain positions it feels more natural, should i avoid this?
Also, all of you guys use both shifts for caps?
And one last question, i'm using a ISO Spanish layout but my next board will be ANSI layout as i want to learn it, mainly to use it with *nix operating systems, and i will swapping between both layouts. You people find easy to have to layouts in muscular memory or is hard to achieve?
I don't know if this is the best subforum for this, srry if is not. ;D
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
Thanks for the advice. I am trying to get my technique down as well. It's pretty good now after tons and tons of practice, but the only key giving me problems is the pinky on my right finger. It just feels awkward.
I guess it all comes down to typing more and more words with p in it, until it naturally switches from my ring finger to my pinky.
Hi!
I'm learning to touch type, by myself but following the standard guidelines, but as i become faster i found myself pressing some keys with the wrong finger because on certain positions it feels more natural, should i avoid this?
Also, all of you guys use both shifts for caps?
And one last question, i'm using a ISO Spanish layout but my next board will be ANSI layout as i want to learn it, mainly to use it with *nix operating systems, and i will swapping between both layouts. You people find easy to have to layouts in muscular memory or is hard to achieve?
I don't know if this is the best subforum for this, srry if is not. ;D
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
Thanks for the advice. I am trying to get my technique down as well. It's pretty good now after tons and tons of practice, but the only key giving me problems is the pinky on my right finger. It just feels awkward.
I guess it all comes down to typing more and more words with p in it, until it naturally switches from my ring finger to my pinky.
no i'm telling you using the ring finger is correct for p and q..
that is faster than using pinky, because to use the pinky for those keys you usually have to lift your wrist or even your whole arm.
do you move your pinky at the same time as the ring finger? there is absolutely no way that my ring finger doesn't get caught on the pinky and it is always slower than just using the pinky.
i think people should be giving estimates of their hand size as well...I've seen absolutely horrible recommendations about using pinky for backspace because I don't have basketball player hands.
The only other finger that ever gives me problems is the index on the left hand, it always wants to press C.
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
press q with "ring finger"
press p with "ring finger"
relaxed standard position is awefjio;
not asdfjkl; Only novices put their fingers on asdfjkl; ,
Come on, dude. Knock it off. This guy seems pretty impressionable.
@Obakemono: please don't put too much stock in TP's "advice". He's very, very opinionated, and tends to take a contrarian stance on many topics. Place your fingers wherever they feel natural. The most important thing is to be relaxed and not unnecessarily strain your muscles.
1. I use standard touch typing technique, correct finger for each key.
2. I use both shifts
3. I use Colemak layout. Here it isShow Image(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9264/colemak2.jpg)
For Qwerty, since E and T - two most frequently used keys are on the top row, so most people are using non standard touch typing to reach that keys as fast as possible.
The only other finger that ever gives me problems is the index on the left hand, it always wants to press C.
I have learned to type on QWERTY but now I'm an AZERTY user.
I have received my FC660C just this morning, and it's a QWERTY (not a mistake, I knew it when I ordered it).
So now I'm back at 10 words per minute and I realize I'm starting to touch type, kind of, because it's less tiring than constantly looking back at the keyboard!!!
On AZERTY I look at the keyboard to position and re-position my hands. That's what you do when you have never learned how to type correctly.
I think I'm going to learn touch typing, but while I'm at it I may as well learn a better layout such as Dvorak.
I have learned to type on QWERTY but now I'm an AZERTY user.
I have received my FC660C just this morning, and it's a QWERTY (not a mistake, I knew it when I ordered it).
So now I'm back at 10 words per minute and I realize I'm starting to touch type, kind of, because it's less tiring than constantly looking back at the keyboard!!!
On AZERTY I look at the keyboard to position and re-position my hands. That's what you do when you have never learned how to type correctly.
I think I'm going to learn touch typing, but while I'm at it I may as well learn a better layout such as Dvorak.
You might consider Colemak. I chose it over Dvorak for a couple of reasons. First, it's easier to learn coming from Qwerty. Second, it's designed with Win keyboard shortcuts in mind. But in the end, it is all personal preference.
Just be prepared for the inconvenience factor. If you make a living on a keyboard and have to work on other computers than your own, it's a pain in the butt. You can take a PKL (portable keyboard layout) on a flash drive and run it without the need to install it. It works great. But you always have to have your flash drive, or your PKL in Dropbox or similar so you can grab it when needed.
There are some people who can switch back and forth between Qwerty and whatever. I'm not one of them. I work with a coder who can switch between Qwerty and Dvorak with ease.
However, even considering the inconvenience factor, I'm glad I switched.
do you move your pinky at the same time as the ring finger? there is absolutely no way that my ring finger doesn't get caught on the pinky and it is always slower than just using the pinky.
i think people should be giving estimates of their hand size as well...I've seen absolutely horrible recommendations about using pinky for backspace because I don't have basketball player hands.
Yeah, I have to move my wrist for hitting q with ring finger, but not with pinky. Do you hit backspace with something other than pinky though?
Can someone clear a few things up for me:
a) What pinky do you use to hit the shift.
b) Does it matter if you interchange your right and left index fingers when hitting Y and B.
Can someone clear a few things up for me:
a) What pinky do you use to hit the shift.
b) Does it matter if you interchange your right and left index fingers when hitting Y and B.
A) I'd use the opposite hand to the one typing the letter you're shifting (ie, I wouldn't chord shift).
B) If you're comfy then sure why not? I tend to reach for y or b with my left hand if I'm using some right hand punctuation next.
I use P with left shift, Q with right. (I use qwerty if that bears clarifying).
But I guess now I'm thinking about it, typing PQPQPQPQ repeatedly is a bit easier if I just hang on left shift :D
I physically can't comfortably stretch my ring finger to use just right shift for P, unless I move my right hand a little to use my middle finger instead.