I touch-type around 95-105wpm but I mostly use around six fingers, them being..
Left hand:
Index=some letters and numbers
Middle= some other letters, number 2 and sometimes number 3
Pinky= Modifiers
Ring finger: Pretty much TAB exclusively, also number 1, caps lock when used (rare ocassion)
Thumb: Spacebar
Right hand: (this is the most problematic one
Index: Letters the asdf and zxcv rows, also right alt (alt gr in my layout)
Middle: letters in the qwerty row and numbers
Pinky: backspace and DEL
I'm 18 years old, consider myself a geek, been using/troubleshooting/learning and building computers since 4 years old, and this is how I type naturally. Never taken any typing course or tutorial.
Is it too bad, and should I try to improve it for better ergonomy? Thanks :thumb:
The only thing you need to watch out for is the PIT-FALLS of school taught typing..
for example PINKY... should NOT be used for anything except "a" "z" "shift" "ctrl"
__________Ring finger should be used for "q" "1" "2" "tab" "esc"
The same principle applies for right hand..
The key element is if one used the pinky for those keys you see on the standard school curriculum layout, It requires a hand lift.. hand/wrist lift should be avoid because they're expensive energy wise, and time consuming..
Also.. If you're on a standard flat keyboard.. that in itself is a wrist-killer.. because it's flat..
Do your best to attack the keys at a slight angle from the outside. as if you're holding the top of an invisible ball...
-----This is the biggest RSI wrist issue for computer people.
because pinky tab and Pinky A requires one to lift hand away from rest position to touch pinky to tab.Yeah no it really doesn’t, even on east-Asian women with tiny hands. You either (a) have freakishly short pinkies and/or a mutant twisted hand shape, or (b) need to reorient your hand a little bit by rotating your wrist outward to a more comfortable angle.
I'm 18 years old, consider myself a geek, been using/troubleshooting/learning and building computers since 4 years old, and this is how I type naturally. Never taken any typing course or tutorial.
Is it too bad, and should I try to improve it for better ergonomy? Thanks :thumb:
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jacobolus--- your understanding of ergonomics typing techniques is near 0.. please do not make conjectures that lead people down paths that could not only cause RSI, but also perform at suboptimal transition fluidity.Thanks buddy. Can you repeat your credentials again?
No , it is impossible to hit q and tab with the pinky while maintaining good position over the rest of the keys next to and below it..Honestly, I think you don’t have human shaped hands, or else you’re fitting them on a keyboard in a very different way to the hand position most people use when typing. I just asked four people with various hand sizes, and they all find this easy to do, and could demonstrate on a physical keyboard.
UNLESS you curl your middle finger very HIGH, you won't be able to make pinky-q..There’s nothing inherently terrible about having a curled middle finger, arms coming toward the keyboard from an angle, or hands angled a bit to the keyboard. Indeed, pretty much everyone who types on a standard keyboard inevitably does all of these to some degree. It’s all trade-offs.
From what you're saying about people reaching pinky-q-easily.. that's because you're all angled sideways towards the CENTER of the keyboard.. THIS IS WRONG, as in you shouldn't do that... [...]
Your left hand fingers should face up at least perpendicular to the top of the keyboard..
So you also use your ring finger for Z, your middle finger for X, your thumbs for the whole bottom row, and on the right hand your fingering is identical to mine? Or are we only talking about the part in red and light green?
tp4: on a standard-layout keyboard, do you use both shift keys, or just one of them?
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