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Touch screen typing is NOT THAT BAD. I type 65 wpm on my iPad which is defeintely fast enough that I can rely on it to do "real work".
by awolf 16y ago
Touch screen typing is NOT THAT BAD. I type 65 wpm on my iPad which is defeintely fast enough that I can rely on it to do "real work".
- georgemcbay 16y agoIn terms of pure words per minute, I agree with you to an extent, but I also much prefer to type on a keyboard when it is possible to do so. My problem with touchscreen typing isn't so much related to how many WORDS I can type in a given time, but rather the annoyingness of the modality of the virtual keyboards combined with unintuitive chording for things like standard keyboard shift, ctrl, etc. (I realize the better virtual keyboards do have 'solutions' for the chording issues but I've tried them and found them all severely lacking). Having to switch modes to do symbols, numbers, etc, is a real flow-breaker and ultimately means that while I can type informal texts and emails fine on a touchscreen, I find it excruciating to type mostly-grammatically correct English on them. I wouldn't even attempt to code on one for similar reasons.
- awolf 16y agoThis really need not be the case. With practice I have become quiute proficient typing the common symbols and all of the numbers. Instead of a one-tap character it is a two-tap character, that's all. (quick iPad tips that are a huge help: swipe from right hand number key upwards to the exclamation/comma key to type " ; swipe from the right hand shift key to the question mark/period key to type a period)