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Yeah, expert mode. Before my hand injury (too much pinky stress), my sustained maximum was 153wpm on QWERTY. I can still get ~120wpm with the new layout and my

Yeah, expert mode. Before my hand injury (too much pinky stress), my sustained maximum was 153wpm on QWERTY. I can still get ~120wpm with the new layout and my Kinesis keyboard though. The only trouble I have is if I have to take a break and they advance a bit. My gun seems to lock on things I don't expect it to (missiles). Otherwise, they can barely make it on to the screen.

rickdale 13y ago
Your pinky stress is actually a recognized phenomenon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs#Emacs_Pinky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs#Emacs_Pinky discussed here:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2610467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2610467
- chrismonsanto 13y ago
  I'm a heavy Emacs user. I tried to plan ahead and remap Ctrl -> Caps Lock, but it didn't help. After all, I still used my pinky to hit Caps Lock. Thankfully, hearty remapping of defaults + Kinesis did help!
  - sillysaurus2 13y ago
    Maybe remap it to Vim pedal? Someone came up with the idea to use a foot pedal for vim insert mode. It was a little whacky of an idea, but perhaps it'd be more useful as Emacs' meta key. http://hackaday.com/2012/06/21/building-a-clutch-for-vim/ http://hackaday.com/2012/06/21/building-a-clutch-for-vim/
    - eru 13y ago
      The Kinesis Advantage actually comes with pedals, if you want to.
  - sokoloff 13y ago
    I use a foot pedal mapped to Ctrl on my Kinesis (in addition to remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl). For casual use, I use the Caps Lock key; for longer typing sessions, I "bother with" the foot pedal. My biggest problem now is that I look like an absolute clown when typing on a conference room PC (with a standard keyboard)...
    - spudlyo 13y ago
      You should really take advantage of those lovely left side thumb buttons on the Kinesis. I have control and meta on the two largest left thumb buttons, which works great for me.
      - sokoloff 13y ago
        Funny. I read your and eru's comment and thought, "no they're not!". Then I looked down and said, "Holy crap; they are!" I may try to retrain myself, but it's been years and years of ingraining current physical patterns, so I'm not super hopeful. (It took me the better part of year to get used to the foot pedal, mostly to remember not to futz with it casually while I was just typing. Holding Control foot pedal while typing the word 'taxes' is painful in Windows apps...)
    - eru 13y ago
      Which kinesis keyboard do you have? I've got the Advantage, and Ctrl is already activated with the thumbs by default. That helps a lot.
MortenK 13y ago
Wow, that's faster than Barbara Blackburn who holds the Guinness world record. You should compete :)
- chrismonsanto 13y ago
  If you're suggesting I am lying, I assure you there are more substantial things to lie about. > Typing, Fastest. Mrs. Barbara Blackburn of Salem, Oregon maintained a speed of 150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and attained a speed of 170 wpm using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was recorded at 212 wpm. I (could) absolutely type at 150 wpm. I would not be able to sustain it for 50 minutes. Nor could I type at 170 wpm, let alone 212 wpm.
  - thetylerhayes 13y ago
    I think MortenK was just poking a little fun. :) all around

rickdale 13y ago

Your pinky stress is actually a recognized phenomenon... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs#Emacs_Pinky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs#Emacs_Pinky discussed here:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2610467 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2610467

chrismonsanto 13y ago
I'm a heavy Emacs user. I tried to plan ahead and remap Ctrl -> Caps Lock, but it didn't help. After all, I still used my pinky to hit Caps Lock. Thankfully, hearty remapping of defaults + Kinesis did help!
- sillysaurus2 13y ago
  Maybe remap it to Vim pedal? Someone came up with the idea to use a foot pedal for vim insert mode. It was a little whacky of an idea, but perhaps it'd be more useful as Emacs' meta key. http://hackaday.com/2012/06/21/building-a-clutch-for-vim/ http://hackaday.com/2012/06/21/building-a-clutch-for-vim/
  - eru 13y ago
    The Kinesis Advantage actually comes with pedals, if you want to.
- sokoloff 13y ago
  I use a foot pedal mapped to Ctrl on my Kinesis (in addition to remapping Caps Lock to Ctrl). For casual use, I use the Caps Lock key; for longer typing sessions, I "bother with" the foot pedal. My biggest problem now is that I look like an absolute clown when typing on a conference room PC (with a standard keyboard)...
  - spudlyo 13y ago
    You should really take advantage of those lovely left side thumb buttons on the Kinesis. I have control and meta on the two largest left thumb buttons, which works great for me.
    - sokoloff 13y ago
      Funny. I read your and eru's comment and thought, "no they're not!". Then I looked down and said, "Holy crap; they are!" I may try to retrain myself, but it's been years and years of ingraining current physical patterns, so I'm not super hopeful. (It took me the better part of year to get used to the foot pedal, mostly to remember not to futz with it casually while I was just typing. Holding Control foot pedal while typing the word 'taxes' is painful in Windows apps...)
  - eru 13y ago
    Which kinesis keyboard do you have? I've got the Advantage, and Ctrl is already activated with the thumbs by default. That helps a lot.

MortenK 13y ago

Wow, that's faster than Barbara Blackburn who holds the Guinness world record. You should compete :)

chrismonsanto 13y ago
If you're suggesting I am lying, I assure you there are more substantial things to lie about. > Typing, Fastest. Mrs. Barbara Blackburn of Salem, Oregon maintained a speed of 150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and attained a speed of 170 wpm using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was recorded at 212 wpm. I (could) absolutely type at 150 wpm. I would not be able to sustain it for 50 minutes. Nor could I type at 170 wpm, let alone 212 wpm.
- thetylerhayes 13y ago
  I think MortenK was just poking a little fun. :) all around