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Show HN: Test My Typing Speed (weekend project)

8 points by rk0567 12y ago

aesthetics1 12y ago
When lines adjust and the 'next word' moves, it is very jarring and absolutely too difficult to track. Consider fixing this. It will be an inadequate gauge of typing speed until that is worked out. Other than that, pretty good.
- rk0567 12y ago
  Thanks for your feedback :-) I've added it to TODO.
shadowwolf007 12y ago
There's a ton of typos on the site, advacned, word per minute, etc. As aesthetics1 mentioned, the test itself is nearly impossible to type quickly because of the jarring. In fact, the faster you type the worse this jarring is. In terms of features: It would be cool if it had immediate feedback for errors like on Typeracer :) Also not a big fan of that background color on the borders. The test itself is a pretty nice gray color but the background of the overall page is kind of distracting. e.g. Neighbour: it would be awesome if I could set my culture up so it uses American-isms for those words.
- rk0567 12y ago
  Thanks a lot. :-) I've fixed some typos. Also made some changes in highlighting the word. Is jarring still an issue ? I guess, I'm not fast enough to notice that. Added other features to TODO.
amarcus 12y ago
The text should be flowing and not just random words next to each other. I should be typing sentences and not individual words.
- rk0567 12y ago
  Thanks. I'll add that later. It's in my TODO. User should be able to choose that (words/sentences).
BorisMelnik 12y ago
only major thing I noticed was the fact that all of the words seemed to shift a few times, which caused my eyes to have to refocus every time they shifted. It seemed to happen about 3 words before a new line, but I really was only focused on my 31337 typing skills :) http://imgur.com/4DEz9Yu http://imgur.com/4DEz9Yu
- rk0567 12y ago
  I'm trying to figure out another way to add new words (and remove some old ones) without changing the flow or something where new lines will slide in from the bottom without altering the position of words. Thanks :-)

8 points by rk0567 12y ago

When lines adjust and the 'next word' moves, it is very jarring and absolutely too difficult to track. Consider fixing this. It will be an inadequate gauge of typing speed until that is worked out. Other than that, pretty good.

rk0567 12y ago
Thanks for your feedback :-) I've added it to TODO.

shadowwolf007 12y ago

There's a ton of typos on the site, advacned, word per minute, etc. As aesthetics1 mentioned, the test itself is nearly impossible to type quickly because of the jarring. In fact, the faster you type the worse this jarring is. In terms of features: It would be cool if it had immediate feedback for errors like on Typeracer :) Also not a big fan of that background color on the borders. The test itself is a pretty nice gray color but the background of the overall page is kind of distracting. e.g. Neighbour: it would be awesome if I could set my culture up so it uses American-isms for those words.

rk0567 12y ago
Thanks a lot. :-) I've fixed some typos. Also made some changes in highlighting the word. Is jarring still an issue ? I guess, I'm not fast enough to notice that. Added other features to TODO.

amarcus 12y ago

The text should be flowing and not just random words next to each other. I should be typing sentences and not individual words.

rk0567 12y ago
Thanks. I'll add that later. It's in my TODO. User should be able to choose that (words/sentences).

BorisMelnik 12y ago

only major thing I noticed was the fact that all of the words seemed to shift a few times, which caused my eyes to have to refocus every time they shifted. It seemed to happen about 3 words before a new line, but I really was only focused on my 31337 typing skills :) http://imgur.com/4DEz9Yu http://imgur.com/4DEz9Yu

rk0567 12y ago
I'm trying to figure out another way to add new words (and remove some old ones) without changing the flow or something where new lines will slide in from the bottom without altering the position of words. Thanks :-)