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I think things like home row typing are very human specific. I don't type properly and I never rest my hands on the home row. My hands fly all over the place a
by nickjj 8y ago
I think things like home row typing are very human specific.
I don't type properly and I never rest my hands on the home row. My hands fly all over the place and I only use half the fingers on both hands. After 20 years of typing, that's what feels natural to me. It felt natural on day 1 and the same 20 years later. I can type at about 75 WPM using online tests with really high accuracy, so I haven't seen it as a real bottleneck.
Call me crazy but I think home row proper typing is the most non-ergonomic and painful layout possible. It's not natural at all to keep your hands completely stationary for hours and while making subtle finger movements. Even if I try that for 5 minutes straight I get all sorts of cramps and weird pains in areas of my hands and arms that I didn't even know existed.