> There's a golden window for touch-typing where most people in the U.S. grew up typing on computers constantly (especially IMing in multiple windows concurrent

> There's a golden window for touch-typing where most people in the U.S. grew up typing on computers constantly (especially IMing in multiple windows concurrently) and before smartphones arrived. It's nearly impossible to keep up with multiple IM windows without lots of typing and spelling errors unless you're at least close to touch-typing. This is what I was thinking when I read the article. I grew up on IRC, ICQ, and multiplayer games with text-only chat. That last one in particular, you learned to type fast or live with a horrible K/D ratio.