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Same. I am at about 70 wpm and I do semi-touch typing. I can type without looking at the keyboard 95% of the time (symbols etc. are tricky), but I don't use al

Same. I am at about 70 wpm and I do semi-touch typing. I can type without looking at the keyboard 95% of the time (symbols etc. are tricky), but I don't use all 10 fingers (pinkies are pretty much unused) and do not rely on having my hands in the 'home' position. Doing the 10 finger based home position approach almost immediately feels incredibly restricting. Some things like typing a C with my middle finger feel like I am doing something counter to my anatomy (when would you ever make such a movement naturally? let alone hundreds or thousand times a day?). I wonder whether it is just a lack of getting used to it or whether people who do the full on touch typing a lot just fuck up their body regularly.

absoluteunit1 1y ago
Hey - see my reply to the top comment on this thread about my experience with hand pain. > I wonder whether it is just a lack of getting used to it or whether people who do the full on touch typing a lot just fuck up their body regularly. For me it was a matter of getting used it and building up that finger dexterity. Mind you, I now use an ortho, split keyboard (Kinesis adanvatage 2 ) and touch typing on it, hitting "c" feels natural for me. I can see how on other keyboards it may not be the case. Touch typing "best practice" is after all just a general guideline. These things vary so much because everyone has different keyboards, different sized hands (different finger length). My suggestion is to focus on not tensing up and using just enough force to trigger the key when typing. Starting from touch typing and then adjusting the technique to your own preferences over time. I've seen typist who do 200wpm+ by a technique that they came up on their own based on touch typing.