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The hack to force you to use the correct shift key when touch typing is amazing! I can’t wait to try it. I have been plagued with using the wrong key for years.

• harryvederci 4y ago
  This made me think: After you train yourself to always use the correct shift button, you could remap the "wrong" one (e.g. the left shift button + "A" on a querty keyboard) to something else. Anyone here doing this? If so: what are the downsides to this approach?
  • keybored 4y ago
    The downside is that you would be touch-typing incorrectly? Assuming that you would intend to use that mapping.
    • rcxdude 4y ago
      Presumably you would not be using it as frequently as the 'right' mapping, i.e. it's mapped to some not super-common but useful editor function in a similar manner to ctrl-, alt-, or meta- would be. Such mappings do not generally need to be optimised for speed or ergonomics as much as keys used for entering the text itself (and indeed using the 'wrong' shift key could still be faster or more ergonomic than using any of the other modifiers, depending on your layout).
• ploxiln 4y ago
  Check out monkeytype.com it's a fantastic typing speed/accuracy test with a plethora of config options, including an option to require opposite shift key.
  • 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    i got 70 on my first try on my crappy laptop keyboard (dell latitude e7440) but i suppose on a better keyboard i might get better results. still, that is kinda nice