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So I decide to start touch typing as I think it'll improve my overall typing capabilities including an aspect in which I fail the most: accuracy. I've never used other keyboard other than the standard qwerty.
My current typing style, which is very disorganized (I mostly use the index and middle fingers to type), has yielded me an average of 80WPM, but a good deal of that is backspacing lol.
Now that I made the switch, I'm yielding an average of 15WPM but I think it'll be for the better in the future (looks more professional, is more accurate, I hope it will beat my current typing speed)
What are your thoughts? Should I just keep typing like I usually do or make the switch? (Have in mind I'm majoring in Computer Science; lots of programming!)
Poll: should i
(Vote): switch
(Vote): stay
Also, how do you type?
  
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By touch typing, do you mean using all of your fingers on both hands to type?
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United States13896 Posts
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typing
Touch typing = not using your eyes to look at the keyboard while you type. You weren't touch typing in the first place? I thought it was standard to have everyone know how to touch type these days. Anyways, definitely stick with it, especially if you're going into Computer Science.
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I can touch type, but still type with both index fingers :\
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On April 09 2009 00:57 p4NDemik wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typingTouch typing = not using your eyes to look at the keyboard while you type. You weren't touch typing in the first place? I thought it was standard to have everyone know how to touch type these days. Anyways, definitely stick with it, especially if you're going into Computer Science.
not offensive, but look one post above T_T
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It'll be worth it in the long run. Plus it helps in SC and other games alot. Only thing that sucks after getting ur touch type down is that you can tell whenever you press the wrong keys. So pressing the wrong keys while hot keying almost makes you just wanna leave the game, or maybe thats just me.
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On April 09 2009 01:06 MasterReY wrote:Show nested quote +On April 09 2009 00:57 p4NDemik wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_typingTouch typing = not using your eyes to look at the keyboard while you type. You weren't touch typing in the first place? I thought it was standard to have everyone know how to touch type these days. Anyways, definitely stick with it, especially if you're going into Computer Science. not offensive, but look one post above T_T
Sorry? Your post wasn't up when I went to reply, you just posted it quicker. :/
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lol he posted it two seconds before you
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touch typing should be really easy for any decent SC player imho
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On April 09 2009 01:10 EsX_Raptor wrote:
lol he posted it two seconds before you
those are minutes
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United States24497 Posts
Definitely gain the proper typing technique. Touch typing is great!
Typing fast is awesome.
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This is a great read. Definitely if you're planning on going into CS there is absolutely no reason not to learn how to touch type. After reading this I'm curious about getting a Dvorak keyboard myself. Would be strange at first, but if the it really helps as much as he says it does, it would be worth it.
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If you are a programmer, how can you play without touch typing?
Im a programmer myself, and i touch type. Its not that hard to learn i think.
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araav's link was interesting but i would definitely disagree with the "learn-dvorak-if-youre-starting" thing.
i guess technique could be useful too, i have never really learned technique yet i type quite fast (i don't have any specific fingers for any keys, etc). i guess if you type enough you start being fast either way.
it boggles my mind how you can be a programmer and not type sufficiently fast .. i mean you spend so much time typing, you should get better by like default O_o
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i need to learn the home row key shit even though i type decently fast without it :s
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I also thought that it was standard for people to look at the screen while typing, I type 60 WPM while looking out of the window of my house as long as I know what I'm typing (It's not like randomly generated words) when I type stories for school or when I am just typing up something big I either watch tv or look out the window or something of the like.
(Typed that while looking out the window)
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best way i learned was just to get MSN and chat with friends into the wee hours of the night. Although school made us use "Typing Tutor 7", that was probably the biggest waste of my time ever. typing sad dad fad sad asdfasdfdsaddsfasdf over and over again doesnt really work imo. I damn near failed IT until i started IM-ing.
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Let me take this opportunity to put in a plug for
http://colemak.com
When you're just about to start learning to touch type, it's the easiest time to make the switch.
My colemak wpm is 140, my qwerty wpm is 100.
Consider that I have been using qwerty all my life and colemak a few years, you can imagine that the gap will widen.
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EPT
