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I never learned to touch type. But if I use some amount of concentration I can type without looking at the keyboard. It's a bit like playing the guitar. I can s
by 2muchcoffeeman 15y ago
I never learned to touch type. But if I use some amount of concentration I can type without looking at the keyboard. It's a bit like playing the guitar. I can see a mental picture of the keyboard and I can hit them with fairly high accuracy. I use most of my fingers but the pinkies are often regulated to hitting modifiers. Strangely I cannot picture many of the punctuation keys very well. Nor digits; top row or keypad.
I remember having to hunt and peck. But kids now use the keyboard from a younger age, I think the need for formal typing skills is not going to be necessary.
- gnosis 15y ago"But if I use some amount of concentration I can type without looking at the keyboard." A competent touch typist should be able to type with his eyes closed, and without needing to concentrate at all. Typing becomes a reflex action, and you can concentrate on finding the right words, or on your code/problem itself.