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I do touch-type, but I don't seem to do it in the quite orthodox way. My "homerow" seems to be shift-A-W-D or F and K-O-P-between ' and ENTER. Sometimes my righ

I do touch-type, but I don't seem to do it in the quite orthodox way. My "homerow" seems to be shift-A-W-D or F and K-O-P-between ' and ENTER. Sometimes my right hand's homerow is also between K and L-P-[-ENTER. When I touch-type my hands actually encroach on each other's territory at times, where the middle buttons can be pressed by either hand. I do find keybr to be very non-representative of typing AT FIRST. It becomes much better after you get through the "lessons". After the lessons it ends up being more like a regular typing test.

magduf 8y ago
>I do touch-type, but I don't seem to do it in the quite orthodox way. My "homerow" seems to be shift-A-W-D or F and K-O-P-between ' and ENTER. The problem here is your QWERTY keyboard. We're taught to use the "home row" and to keep our hands in that position, yet the keys are layed out in almost the most unoptimal way for this: the home-row keys are some of the least-used keys! It's an entirely idiotic layout for a keyboard if you want speed and comfort (from moving your fingers the least). If you want to actually touch-type correctly, you need a different keyboard layout like Dvorak, where the home-row keys are actually the ones you use the most.
- Mirioron 8y ago
  But why would I want the keys I use the most to be all near one another? I find that I type the fastest when I have to press keys that are far from one another. What complicates the Dvorak suggestion further is that I use the same keyboard to type two other languages. My hands rest where they do because of games, because that's what I'm most used to.
  - magduf 8y ago
    >But why would I want the keys I use the most to be all near one another? I find that I type the fastest when I have to press keys that are far from one another. Science and physics says you're wrong. Also, it sounds like you've never actually tried learning another keyboard layout.
plausibilities 8y ago
Me too, my shoulders feel all pinched together and my back feels hunched over when my hands are super close together in the home row position

magduf 8y ago

>I do touch-type, but I don't seem to do it in the quite orthodox way. My "homerow" seems to be shift-A-W-D or F and K-O-P-between ' and ENTER. The problem here is your QWERTY keyboard. We're taught to use the "home row" and to keep our hands in that position, yet the keys are layed out in almost the most unoptimal way for this: the home-row keys are some of the least-used keys! It's an entirely idiotic layout for a keyboard if you want speed and comfort (from moving your fingers the least). If you want to actually touch-type correctly, you need a different keyboard layout like Dvorak, where the home-row keys are actually the ones you use the most.

Mirioron 8y ago
But why would I want the keys I use the most to be all near one another? I find that I type the fastest when I have to press keys that are far from one another. What complicates the Dvorak suggestion further is that I use the same keyboard to type two other languages. My hands rest where they do because of games, because that's what I'm most used to.
- magduf 8y ago
  >But why would I want the keys I use the most to be all near one another? I find that I type the fastest when I have to press keys that are far from one another. Science and physics says you're wrong. Also, it sounds like you've never actually tried learning another keyboard layout.

plausibilities 8y ago

Me too, my shoulders feel all pinched together and my back feels hunched over when my hands are super close together in the home row position