When you try a new keyboard, what do you type?

[Trent]

Do any of you have a standard saying that you type when you try out a new switch?

I've always used: I think this is going to be a great keyboard

I'm an optimist what can I say 

[jdcarpe]

I always type my full name. My fingers know how that feels for reference.

[fohat.digs]

There is always the traditional:

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

or

Five hexing wizard bots jump quickly.

But you can't really know how a keyboard feels with using it in normal service for half an hour or half a day.

[Sifo]

I always just write 3a4a5a6e6e6345636363453a4a5a6e6e63453a4a5a6e6e6345 (what I do most of the time while playing SC2 early game)

[demik]

name and address

[SmallFry]

I always type "Hi, how are you today?[enter] [Control]+[Alt]+[Delete]" among other key strokes to put it through a test drive.

[Trent]

I always just write 3a4a5a6e6e6345636363453a4a5a6e6e63453a4a5a6e6e6345 (what I do most of the time while playing SC2 early game)

You must construct additional pylons.

[jeroplane]

I usually type something dumb like: "This is what it is like to type on this new keyboard with Cherry MX Blues and it is not bad so far."

[hashbaz]

Quick brown fox or, "This is how fast I can type on this keyboard".

[ferociousfingerings]

"APM spam."
Then i try to think of something to type, but go-all-blank...
Then more APM spam.

Then i start trying typical muscle-memory combos like "ctrl+shift+leftarrow" or "alt+F4" or "ctrl+tab," and such.

Then something along the lines of "uhh... hm. I can't really think of anything i need to type, so i'm just typing this statement about how i can't really think of anything to type..."

The true test comes when you actually do have plenty to say; especially if it's something you feel strongly about, and want to get it out and down as fast as possible.

[sth]

mostly just the home row with a couple off for good measure to test the slope like this:

a;lsdkfja;sdflkj;asdlfkajsd;lfkajiefjifnivnaienv;zxoiu;lakje.,akwefnja;slifuj:OSVj;xsodvinrvnr

gives me enough of a feel of the switch. it's like lorem ipsum for keyboard testing.

[rowdy]

"This is an example of this program."

I wrote a lot of text editors when I was younger, as I could not find the perfect one and tried making one myself, finding out in the process how difficult it was (still searching btw).

Then I type chapter 15 from the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - "Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free."  (and all the rest of it).

[esoomenona]

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[Batmann]

I always just write 3a4a5a6e6e6345636363453a4a5a6e6e63453a4a5a6e6e6345 (what I do most of the time while playing SC2 early game)

You must construct additional pylons.

haha!
I go 14144r144514144r145144r1414144r14514144r14514144r14514144r14514141434r145145144r14514145144r145be  for the exact same  reasons and hopefully I don't get that frustrating msg
looking at the result I can see that I'm not pressing 1 hard enough, there shouldn't be two 4 in a row o.O

[xsphat]

I randomly type about the keyboard. Just my thoughts on it as they come to me. The design, the feel, what's good and bad. If it's a new keyboard, I usually go a few hundred words just to be safe. If it's not, I go until I decide whether to pass on the thing.

[tjcaustin]

I do a mix of what everyone else has suggested.  I also type up lots of forum posts because that's about as natural as it can get in terms of typing feel.

Like now!  I'm on my at least 48 hours of only using my Realforce 45g to see if I really don't like topre or this specific topre.  Going from cherry blues to this is a lot less of a disappointment than going from BS to it was.

We'll see.  It's still a lot lighter than I'm used to, but I kinda dig the noise.  Maybe I'll keep my eye open for a trade for heavier switches.

[davkol]

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[AKIMbO]

I always type "This keyboard is a (insert model of keyboard) and it (expletive) sucks." 

No idea why I type that...I just do.

[m00nshake]

The first mechanical keyboard I purchased was a used but in excellent condition Mionix Zibal from a seller on Amazon. I was so excited when I received it, but when I plugged it up, some of the keys wouldn't register. I had to send it back in for a refund.

Since then, every new keyboard I get, I type this:

"There is nothing wrong with this keyboard."

[Viz]

Usually
"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog" or some other rubbish.

But, I'm usually not able to judge a keyboard after a short time-span.

[The_Beast]

I just plug it in an use it. I give all my keyboards about 4-6 days of solid use before I decide if I like them of not. The one exception what plate mounted blues, I didn't like them one bit. I used hem for about 30 minutes and just couldn't. I forced myself to try them more but I just couldn't do it

[hoggy]

I type in some code,  it's what I type most throughout the day, so it's a reasonable test (for me at least).

[NikoGasm]

I spend a good hour or so on my favorite typing websites doing races and such to get a good feeling for the board. Then I'll play a game of SC2, then I'll play a round of some FPS, and then I decide how I feel about the keyboard.

[squarebox]

I don't type. I try with my favorite game at the moment.

[nntnam]

My full name =))

[Tenkey]

my passwords

[tipo33]

My full name =))

Same.  All 33 letters.   lol

[Quarzac]

I always type "How about them apples?" I also use this phrase for testing fountain pens.

[MMB]

I type 'cactux is my best friend'

[swagpiratex]

My fingers start typing my thoughstreamconsciousness and it usually feels really good.

[gizmo]

Definitely been caught at Best Buy typing, "I wonder how fast I could type on this keyboard"

Otherwise I find myself on Typing Test, although I think most of the tests are wack.

[TheQsanity]

I would tell you, but it is a very long password that I don't want anyone to ever know...

Same here. Or my full name

[_spondy]

I usually go for "Good morning" for some reason.

[MissMurd3r84]

Never tested a keyboard in store before.

[noisyturtle]

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

I got this habit from my dad, guess it stuck.

[iMav]

"What the dealio is with this keyboard?"

[TheQsanity]

I usually go for "Good morning" for some reason.

Same here along with "how are you..." followed by "good..." and other variants.

[phx]

I type the long version of my password......

probably not a good habit.

[nodicaL]

Basically just type out my daily activities and see it feels from having sentences in my head to typing it down the keyboard.

[Findecanor]

I tend to type the following (in Swedish). It is nonsense, but at least I am consistent in always typing one of the following:

"Det var en gång en filur som hette Erik. Han ville inte fneka med de andra barnen, så han struntade i det helt enkelt."

"Tjosan hejsan så det så!"<Enter>

[hluo87]

as;lkjasdf ;alsdkfj

[bace]

I do a couple rounds in http://play.typeracer.com/ then play some games of sc2.

[deegaf]

'hello my name is Dyan' pretty boring

[JSaintS]

I always just write 3a4a5a6e6e6345636363453a4a5a6e6e63453a4a5a6e6e6345 (what I do most of the time while playing SC2 early game)

You must construct additional pylons.

ahaha laugh a lot!!!!

I always write my names and also the sentence "Je suis ici et toi pas" (I'm french) ... I don't know why
And As I'm playing LoL I just try to keep my fingers on the qwer keys and press them (I guess it's the same that Sifo for SC2 ^^

[TheShining]

Welcome to fear this is the world of absolute fear and loathing in las vegas do you gamble how is your sombrero.

Yea mostly I go full on Chaos lol.

[precarious]

cock suck mother horse mother it's morphing time dragonzord dragonzord moprhing time it's dragon zord morphing time

[daerid]

When I was learning to touch type in 9th grade, I was having a really rough time of it and always had trouble with the exercises. I also had just started playing guitar, and one particular morning Metallica's "Jump in the fire" off Kill 'Em All was stuck in my head. That day when I got to typing class and started the typing exercises, I realized that I could suddenly touch type and the first thing I typed was "jump in the fire". Ever since it's the first thing I type on any particular keyboard. I don't even think about it any more, it's pure muscle memory.

[baldgye]

I always just write 3a4a5a6e6e6345636363453a4a5a6e6e63453a4a5a6e6e6345 (what I do most of the time while playing SC2 early game)

You must construct additional pylons.

haha!
I go 14144r144514144r145144r1414144r14514144r14514144r14514144r14514141434r145145144r14514145144r145be  for the exact same  reasons and hopefully I don't get that frustrating msg
looking at the result I can see that I'm not pressing 1 hard enough, there shouldn't be two 4 in a row o.O

Yeah I do the same with;

4e41144e141414141414e1414e14414e1414e1441ee143414e

[DamnDan]

I go with my email login and password since I visit it all the time it is in my muscle memory

[microsoft windows]

The first key I usually press on a new keyboard is "Caps Lock" or "Num Lock" so I can see the lights and see if the keyboard works. Then, I type in my Windows user-name and password.