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What comes naturally when using a computer daily is usually bad touch typing, i.e. not having to look at your fingers, but typing with only four or maybe six of

• jaynetics 5y ago
  for me it was unhealthy, and hard to fix. i developed a pretty fast way of typing naturally, using 7 or 8 fingers. unfortunately it caused wrist strain. i could not use split ergonomic keyboards because some keys where "mapped" to the wrong hand for that. i also could not simply learn "proper" touch typing on a qwert layout because my typing habit was too strong. in the end i learned touch typing on dvorak to fix my wrist issue. maybe after 10 years i'll have unlearned qwert typing enough to go back? (not sure i would, i do prefer dvorak, it just feels silly to type at snail speed on others ppls keyboards).
• jve 5y ago
  Youre right. Im probably lucky to not experience any wrist strain. Regarding speed - it didnt prevent to be TOP1 at university in typing contest :)
• magicalhippo 5y ago
  I can't stand those supposedly ergonomic keyboards that have been chopped in half, and I didn't understand why anyone would want one until I recalled people learned touch typing. My naturally acquired typing style involves me holding my hands hands in just about the same angle as those "ergonomic" keyboards, but just using a regular keyboard. Fingers rest on LShift, A, W, D, and K, O, P, Ø with both thumbs on Space. Should be noted that's on a "105-key" Nordic keyboard with US layout when not writing Norwegian, so the Ø becomes '. For me this has worked quite fine for over 20 years. I haven't bothered measuring my typing speed because it's never the limiting factor.