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Hm. I use all my fingers, but the pinkies only hit Enter, Shift, and other modifier keys. But I learned to play piano before I learned to type, so it has been r
by SlyShy 17y ago
Hm. I use all my fingers, but the pinkies only hit Enter, Shift, and other modifier keys. But I learned to play piano before I learned to type, so it has been remarked that I type like someone would play the piano. I employ a lot of hand movement, and employ a lot of "hand rolls".
Not only can I maintain about 90 wpm normally, but I also don't suffer any RSI type symptoms. I think the downfall of touch typing is actually that it reduces the motion of your hands, so you find yourself making a lot more painful reaches. In piano playing, unless you are playing a big chord you don't stretch your fingers, you just move your hands so that you don't have to.
- anonjon 17y agoI think that I type similar to the way that you do. I don't make my individual fingers move, instead I arrange my fingers into different patterns (repositioning my hands if needed) and then kind of execute the key sequence. It is weird and I don't really think about it but my fingers never return to the 'home keys'. (Normally they are already on the next key that they need to be on). (If i'm typing 'ere' my left-middle will stay on 'e', if i'm typing 'different' my left-middle will be on 'e' and left index will be on 'f' before i'm done typing 'i'). I think it has to do with being able to think a few of symbols ahead, as you would with music. I'm probably > 90 wpm, as well, and no RSI.
- SlyShy 17y agoYeah, that sounds quite similar. A side effect of typing this way is that changing keyboard layouts didn't change my typing speed at all after I had learned the keys. Which annoyed me initially, because I was hoping for an easy way to increase speed.