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Deux
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States159 Posts
October 20 2010 01:11 GMT
#1
Basically it comes down to this, I never learned how to type "properly" This isn't to say that I sit there and type one letter at a time with just my index fingers but I definitely don't type as it's taught most places. With the amount of typing I do increasing I think it would be at least somewhat helpful for me to learn to type "correctly" instead of the somewhat strange variant of normal that I use now.

Basically, I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations on a website or program that teaches proper typing form (preferably free)

Thanks


LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
October 20 2010 01:16 GMT
#2
Wait, so how do you type?
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
pinenamu
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States770 Posts
October 20 2010 01:20 GMT
#3
Look into Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing lol! I remember playing on that a lot when I was a kid. It taught me how to type properly well while I was trying to avoid getting bugs on my windshield in that car game they have hahahaha.
Coagulation
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States9633 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 01:21:38
October 20 2010 01:20 GMT
#4
^^he wings it

my super elite typing skills come from the fiery forges of b.net x17 flame wars.
Gummy
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States2180 Posts
October 20 2010 01:24 GMT
#5
On October 20 2010 10:20 Coagulation wrote:
^^he wings it

my super elite typing skills come from the fiery forges of b.net x17 flame wars.

My super elite typing skills come from my many years of piano and several thousand plays of typing games. I was a huge fan of nexus word wars before it got taken down.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ There are three kinds of people in the world: those who can count and those who can't.
Cow
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada1104 Posts
October 20 2010 01:30 GMT
#6
On October 20 2010 10:24 Gummy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 20 2010 10:20 Coagulation wrote:
^^he wings it

my super elite typing skills come from the fiery forges of b.net x17 flame wars.

My super elite typing skills come from my many years of piano and several thousand plays of typing games. I was a huge fan of nexus word wars before it got taken down.


I learned how to type from playing Starcraft on Battle.net, no lie. I was horrible until I started.
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Pokebunny
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States10654 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 01:31:39
October 20 2010 01:31 GMT
#7
I actually type 100+ WPM in an extremely unconventional (and probably quite inefficient as well) manner, and I've never thought about learning to do it right lol. I barely use my pinkies at all.

Mostly just learned to type faster from playing online games... lol
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Cofo
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1388 Posts
October 20 2010 01:32 GMT
#8
How I learned to type: http://www.amazon.com/Brainstorm-Mario-Teaches-Typing-2/dp/B000AMCSWG

No joke.
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Asdkmoga
Profile Joined May 2010
United States496 Posts
October 20 2010 01:33 GMT
#9
learned from typing so much in my Early Years playing World Of Warcraft lol.terrible form but i go pretty fast
"Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action and over 600 is clearly the work of an ancient Sumerian demon or some shit."
Deux
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States159 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 01:46:27
October 20 2010 01:34 GMT
#10
On October 20 2010 10:16 LSB wrote:
Wait, so how do you type?


Nothing too interesting or unusual about it, just a bit different from normal. Basically I keep my hands more or less on home row but hit more things than I should using my index fingers and also hit things from one side of the keyboard with the opposite hand from time to time. It gets the job done and with decent speed and accuracy but it just bugs me.

Plus it sort of falls to pieces when I'm nervous/rushed, Ex. trying to type gl hf before a game

Edit: just took a typing test ~40 WPM normally
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
October 20 2010 01:42 GMT
#11
I think the main thing to remember look at the key you're going for, and try to use the finger closest to that key.

One thing that I might want to add: Most typing programs teach you to return to homerow constantly (asdf jkl;). However, based on sheer finger movement, not intentionally moving back to homerow, but rather the next key is *far* more efficient then going back and forth. Think about traveling from point to point on a star/asterisk. It's faster to go from corner to corner rather than go back to the center every time. Note this isn't saying not to use homerow. You still use it as a general guideline.
MuTT
Profile Joined July 2010
United States398 Posts
October 20 2010 01:44 GMT
#12
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Nitrogen
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States5345 Posts
October 20 2010 01:49 GMT
#13
how i learned to type: bnet and mavis beacon. maybe a little type to learn in there as well.
UNFUCK YOURSELF
wooozy
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
3813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 01:53:01
October 20 2010 01:51 GMT
#14
On October 20 2010 10:20 pinenamu wrote:
Look into Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing lol! I remember playing on that a lot when I was a kid. It taught me how to type properly well while I was trying to avoid getting bugs on my windshield in that car game they have hahahaha.


god i loved playing mavis beacon in like 4th grade when they sent us to the computer lab. i always drew a crowd around me because of how fast i typed and felt so cool

EDIT: http://somoe.org/typing/

typing game i used to play a couple years ago. duno if it's been updated or not recently but they had some pretty cool songs.
Vilonis
Profile Joined October 2010
United States130 Posts
October 20 2010 02:01 GMT
#15
Here is what i did, change you key board layout for your whole operating system to Dvorak, bam, now you HAVE to touch type. I'm not kidding, this is really how i learned to touch type, also, Dvorak > qwerty
"Such is the vastness of his genius that he can outwit even himself!" - Iskaral Pust, High Priest of High House Shadow
Macavenger
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States1132 Posts
October 20 2010 02:15 GMT
#16
On October 20 2010 10:33 Asdkmoga wrote:
learned from typing so much in my Early Years playing World Of Warcraft lol.

Seconded. Raiding with no mic is an excellent way to improve typing speed. I had a class in high school where I learned proper form, but I never got any faster than hunt/peck with it until I started playing WoW. That literally doubled my speed to a respectable ~70-80 WPM.
Conversion
Profile Joined April 2010
United States3308 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-20 02:17:31
October 20 2010 02:16 GMT
#17
lol i remember having 30 wpm using only my index fingers* in first grade :D

anyways, i'd just type random passages daily until i was comfortable with most keys. i tried to keep proper typing form (found on google) but it was really uncomfortable so i just took the foundation and adjusted to fit my comfort level and practiced daily with passages.

safe to say i peaked around 130 average apm in 8th grade, probably around 104-110 now.

this on a QWERTY, not that other crap
Antoine
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States7481 Posts
October 20 2010 02:28 GMT
#18
i use both dvorak and qwerty, i think dvorak is more comfortable to type on for long stretches but obviously you have to maintain proficiency in qwerty
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Vanished131
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
France311 Posts
October 20 2010 02:29 GMT
#19
If you are looking for an easier solution that doesn't require typing pointless paragraphs or passages, listen here.

Line up your left 4 fingers on ASDF and your right 4 fingers on JKL;

The next time you need to type something, keep your fingers always aligned. You are only allowed to type a key if you are using the finger that is closest to it.

If you want to type "s" you use your ring finger on your left hand. If you want to type "y" the closest finger is your right index finger. If you want to type "0" use your right pinky finger.

Pinkies are fingers too!
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
October 20 2010 02:33 GMT
#20
I heard there is a computer science professor at University of Toronto who types with two fingers. So yea... it's probably not the most essential to be able to type properly.

I think it's important to be able to type reasonable fast, however, whether you look at the keyboard or not. I'd say try to memorize the keyboard and just try to type a lot until your muscle memory develops.
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