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My keycaps are mostly blank (varies with frequency of key use) due to the shear amount of typing I've done on my KB, which has lasted me a surprisingly long tim
by throwaway5d3c 6y ago
My keycaps are mostly blank (varies with frequency of key use) due to the shear amount of typing I've done on my KB, which has lasted me a surprisingly long time (10-15 yrs).
I would say I reached "expert" status long before that happened though. I attribute this to doing so much typing for the past few decades.
I think the reason so many people have trouble with keyboards is that they have no formal training (e.g. a typing class in school), and do not regularly use them because their phone/tablet is the primary computing device.
- deathanatos 6y ago> and do not regularly use them because their phone/tablet is the primary computing device. … maybe someday, but I think it's a bit premature? Phone keyboards were terrible, involving hacks like T9 to make them tolerable for the longest time. Smart phones haven't been around that long; the iPhone wasn't introduced until mid-2007. That's only a little more than a decade, so unless you're close to 20, you're going to remember / have learned on something else. And it takes very little practice on even a basic keyboard to outpace a mobile "keyboard"'s input rate.
- taneq 6y agoA good T9 typist is probably faster than a regular phone keyboard even now (gesture typing is, I'd guess, a little faster though) and is tactile so you don't have to be able to see the screen / keyboard. > And it takes very little practice on even a basic keyboard to outpace a mobile "keyboard"'s input rate. Yeah, but you have to care enough to do that. (And also have a physical keyboard available.)