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> so that the user never has to look at the keyboard except when the keyboard needs cleaning. The user should learn to touch-type.

• hollerith 12y ago
  So you can hit the - key or the ] key without looking at the keyboard as quickly as someone who is looking at the keyboard? You just reach over and press the key and you never press an adjacent key by mistake?
  • lorenzfx 12y ago
    exactly. And as I don't use the layout that is printed on the keys, looking wouldn't help anyway.
  • s_kilk 12y ago
    Pretty much. I never look at the keyboard, and rarely mis-type. If I do then I don't need to look at the keyboard to correct myself, as I know the position of every key, I just backspace and hit the key I intended to hit in the first place. And, as another commenter also mentioned, I don't use the layout that's printed on the keys anyway, so looking at the keyboard would not help. None of this is particularly uncommon for anyone who can touch-type.
    • Someone1234 12y ago
      What's actually funny is, a lot of people who look at the keyboard actually can touch-type, they just don't realise it. They continue to look out of habit more than necessity. If you've used a computer for ten years and you still look, you too might fit into this category. You can fix it, it just takes a few weeks, just cover your hands with a cloth or other barrier so looking down won't help you reposition, and fix any typos using touch rather than looking. If you're in a real rush do the same thing, but now spin up a copy of Typing Of the Dead or similar typing tutor. PS - Also, yes, your speed will decrease initially. It slowly returns and will eventually overtake your looking speed.
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