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I'm the same way, and the reason is simple - I played MUDs as a kid. I can hit > 100 wpm easily if my brain can keep up. Occasionally something will throw me; a
by lostcolony 5y ago
I'm the same way, and the reason is simple - I played MUDs as a kid. I can hit > 100 wpm easily if my brain can keep up. Occasionally something will throw me; a weird bit of punctuation, like the shift + number keys, but that's about it. I've tried to learn to touch type, but the drop in speed, and the promise of ending up basically where I am now means I just don't care. The way I move my hands and wrists and such probably also helps avoid carpal tunnel, though I have nothing other than my own suspicions (and the 20+ years I've been typing without issue or concern over posture/wrist rests/etc) to base that on.
- StavrosK 5y agoRealms of Despair represent!
- Izkata 5y ago> I played MUDs as a kid. For me it was the chat in StarCraft, had to get messages out fast enough not to interrupt the action.
- byteface 5y agoI think speed is misinterpretted. I meant as a minimum benchmark, as in it won't be slower than your unorthodox methods once you are good at it. Not as a max. Typing words as you think them IMO beats holding your breathe and playing 3 finger whackamole to get a paragraph out while looking down at the keyboard. I have also been half way between 2 methods and glad I was able to transition over fully. As someone mentioned it also works on split keyboards.
- lostcolony 5y agoI don't look at the keyboard, I don't hold my breath. It's perfectly natural. Playing a MUD I didn't look at my keyboard; I was watching the screen and reading lines as they went by.