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Ye since private computer chatting essentially died out I see no use for fast typing anymore. When I and all my friends communicated via computer text typing fa
by rightbyte 5y ago
Ye since private computer chatting essentially died out I see no use for fast typing anymore. When I and all my friends communicated via computer text typing fast would have been really convenient.
Ergonomic typing however, I guess is important. And I am bad at that. Looking down to find the keys might be a bad habit? I have almost trained that away.
- bee_rider 5y agoHmm. I wonder if I saved myself some embarrassment on Instant Messenger by not typing too fast to think. I don't really understand why properly trained typing is more ergonomic, anyway. If I keep my hands perfectly on the homerow, each letter is nearly the same exact motion. The way I type normally, my hands move around a bit, so there's a couple character history built into my motions. This seems to me like it ought to reduce the repetitive motions, which are what lead to repetitive strain injuries, right?
- rightbyte 5y agoYe keeping the fingers at one row home position doing the same dance feels terribly unergonomic and crammed. I was only thinking about the neck looking down (dentists have problems with that). Maybe I stress my hands more while tryhard practicing touch typing than I would in normal use though.
- ryukafalz 5y ago>since private computer chatting essentially died out News to me
- rightbyte 5y agoMight depend on friends. I meant at a computer with keyboard, not on a phone.
- ryukafalz 5y agoA good number of people I know use iMessage, which can be used from a Mac. Similarly lots use Facebook Messenger, which can be used from the web. ...and from my understanding WhatsApp is very common in Europe, which can also be used from the web.