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Ask HN: Any advice for single-hand typist?
I'm single hand (left hand) typist. I'm mostly using vim editor. Keyboard layout is QWERTY.
What are advices to speedup my typing speed?
- Mz 16y agoSomething I have looked into a tiny amount and there are websites with info, if you haven't seen them previously: http://www.bltt.org/quicktips/fao_onehandedtyping.htm http://www.bltt.org/quicktips/fao_onehandedtyping.htm http://www.typeonehand.com/ http://www.typeonehand.com/ http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/ http://www.aboutonehandtyping.com/
- antfarm 16y agohttp://www.frogpad.com/ http://www.frogpad.com/
- trickjarrett 16y agoI had explored these during college, believing I would see an increase in productivity given keeping one hand on keyboard and one on mouse at all times. Personally it was quite difficult to adjust and I ended up abandoning the project. But I found the keyboard well made and well laid out.
- 3dFlatLander 16y agoIt takes a good while to get used to the frogpad like devices. If you're still interesting in the idea, there are a couple of other devices you could give a try. http://www.handykey.com/ http://www.handykey.com/ http://half-qwerty.com/ http://half-qwerty.com/ I don't have any experience with the half-qwerty keyboard, but the concept seemed interesting, and maybe more up your alley. However, I know of many people who swear by the Twiddler design. I can't recall if it was that same device or another that looked very similar, but a guy I met was capable of typing around 70 WPM with it.
- trickjarrett 16y agoOne of my college professors used a wearable computer and thus the twiddler keyboard. It is quite interesting and it may be something I explore - thanks for reminding me!
- julian37 16y agoIf you are willing to give another keyboard layout a try, there are one-handed variants of Dvorak: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-handed_versions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard#One-...
- petervandijck 16y agoLearn how to type with two hands. It won't take long. (Unless you actually only have one hand, of course.)
- stralep 16y agoActually I have two hands, but functionality of second hand is quite reduced.
- swombat 16y agoI think it's pretty obvious that he does only have one functional hand. Your joke is in bad taste.
- petervandijck 16y agoIt wasn't obvious to me, apologies if that was in bad taste.