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On April 16 2014 13:49 rebdomine wrote:
I just realized I use just 5 fingers when typing. My index and middle finger do most of the work on the left while my right hand only uses the middle finger. Left thumb for spacebar. Left pinky for shift. Ring finger on my right hand is only ever used for backspace whenever I need it so I guess that counts as a 6th finger? Ring finger on the left sees use when I use ctrl+shift when highlighting huge chunks of text at a time.
Need to relearn typing I guess. But I can already hit 110 wpm like this so not sure if I really need to.
Thumb on spacebar doesn't count as a finger, and left pinky for shift doesn't count as a finger either. But I guess nobody reads the thread anyway.
And it's not about hitting it anyway, it's a speed you can reasonably maintain and what accuracy you can type at.
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I use 8 fingers, thumbs on spacebar. occasionally I'll bring thumbs up to the bottom row of keys if needed. On the test I got about 59 W/M with 97% accuracy. I lost a lot of time fixing some mistakes though so my pure typing speed is probably a bit higher than that.
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Are we talking while jacking it or normally
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8 fingers; had computer class in elementary school (with this terrifying teacher who used to walk up and down the rows thwacking a ruler again this palm really loudly, but I digress), the right pinky doesn't get used for much, pretty much only "p", ";", and the delete key, but it is used. I also took violin and viola lessons from a relatively early age, so I think that strengthened my pinkies too (one obviously from the fingerboard, but bowing hand posture is important too).
As for wpm...I used to enjoy this typing speed racing game, and after some warmup could get low 80s. I'm a little sloppy though, so that figure includes needing to delete and rewrite words/letters (ie if I had higher accuracy my wpm would be higher). Now, I know this is a starcraft forum but I am really skeptical of people offhandedly claiming 100+, especially with fewer than 8 fingers...
Recently I've needed to use a tablet instead of my desktop, and typing on that thing is a real nightmare...you can't rest your hands on the screen and it feels like the letters are too close together, so I've regressed to this really awkward pecking 
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On April 16 2014 14:18 jubil wrote:8 fingers; had computer class in elementary school (with this terrifying teacher who used to walk up and down the rows thwacking a ruler again this palm really loudly, but I digress), the right pinky doesn't get used for much, pretty much only "p", ";", and the delete key, but it is used. I also took violin and viola lessons from a relatively early age, so I think that strengthened my pinkies too (one obviously from the fingerboard, but bowing hand posture is important too). As for wpm...I used to enjoy this typing speed racing game, and after some warmup could get low 80s. I'm a little sloppy though, so that figure includes needing to delete and rewrite words/letters (ie if I had higher accuracy my wpm would be higher). Now, I know this is a starcraft forum but I am really skeptical of people offhandedly claiming 100+, especially with fewer than 8 fingers... Recently I've needed to use a tablet instead of my desktop, and typing on that thing is a real nightmare...you can't rest your hands on the screen and it feels like the letters are too close together, so I've regresses to this really awkward pecking
I made this thread because I really came looking for help. I honest to god use 4 fingers most of the time, sometimes use my 5th, and when I do the test like super super focused, I can consistently get 100-110wpm, by typing normally, just being focused and not being jittery I get 90wpm, and when I type very nice and relaxed, I type 80wpm.
So it is possible, but I also do feel people are inflating their numbers for sure, which is sad to see happen. When does typing speed have to become a dick measuring contest. =/
And yeah, typing on touchscreen is really hard, I need to hold it with two hands so I always have to type with 2 thumbs only. That's why I use a 13inch laptop and a larger smartphone, satisfies all my needs (:
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I got 102 wpm with a few mistakes. use 8 fingers. Learned to type quickly originally from playing FPS without a mic and then got faster as I started LRing I suppose. I think just having a task to complete just builds up the speed over time. When I would just use the computer for whatever I wouldn't really improve my typing speed. I still trip up pretty badly on things like quotes and numbers. I can usually hit letters on the first try going quickly as possible but I'll transpose some letters every few words. I do feel like I could probably type faster though since I still make mistakes.
Does anyone ever use the left shift btw? I notice that I exclusively use the right shift button
Do you guys transpose letters a lot? Maybe I am just thinking too far ahead or something so I mess up. Might just be that my right hand is quicker than my left because it's usually a right handed letter that gets placed too early.
Did another typing test today
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7 fingers (right hand pinky is shift only) / 80-90 WPM. I noticed I only used my left hand pinky for 'a' and 'z', and my left hand covers probably 2/3 of the keyboard, but I guess that still counts.
I managed to get 102 WPM at 98% accuracy on my second try by focusing on typing quickly. I think I could probably hit that as an average if I was always focusing, but I rarely try that hard when I type even when I'm typing a paper or something.
I often type with my left hand only so I decided to see how badly I would do on it using only my left hand. 27 wpm at 99% accuracy, better than I expected tbh :D
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I ended up with 81 WPM somehow, which is strange because I suck at typing. I have no defined method for typing and will alternate between using four to eight fingers as my whims suit me, occasionally dipping down to two if I'm feeling really lazy. (I used four on the test, I think)
I've developed really bad habits and am trying to change them, though my WPM suffers when I try all eight like I should.
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FREEAGLELAND26781 Posts
8 fingers (thumbs only for spacing and occasionally alt in Excel). I used to care quite a bit about typing speed a few years back and had 120+ consistently, but due to tendinitis these days I'm somewhere between 100-120 with about 98% consistency. typeracer.com ftw~ (E: remembered 95, but that's actually kind of low)
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7 fingers + pinky for enter/shift. does right pinky for enter/shift count? i keep it over there since i hit enter so often
101 wpm at 98% accuracy on the typing test. i probably average around 90~95, but i don't really pay too much attention to punctuation or capitalization most of the time
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I use 8 and I average around I think 100 wpm. I just started typing with 8 fingers a couple months ago. Before that, I used to type with only 2 fingers and averaged around 140 wmp.
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7 fingers in english, 8 in hungarian (we have 35 single letters) by criteria in OP. i learned to type in hungarian naturally by myself, so no conscious training.
78 wpm in english with 94% accuracy on first try. i don't often have to type correctly and i doubt i will ever type stuff like inquisition correctly without stopping for half a second to think first.
i never use the left shift when typing.
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Well I just my left hand for almost all my typing and my index finger and ring finger on my right hand.
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6 Fingers
I don't use my pinkies for anything, haha.
Use thumbs for alt and other modifiers
consistent 110ish with 95 accuracy
I learned through experience, it took me forever to stop using "Caps Lock" instead of Shift -- that was a wonky habit i developed since I taught myself how to type. i managed to kick that habit, but I never figured out how to use my pinkies
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5 fingers 100wpm approx.
index middle ring finger on my left hand and my index and middle on right. this is ignoring pinky's on side keys like shift enter and ofc my thumb on space.
my only issue with typing is pressing space either to late or to early when typing. Imagine having like 300ms ping on your space bar pressing. I either preempt it for when i think im going to finish a word, or i will miss it and be halfway through the next one.
Probably got the habit of 5 fingers from gaming, gotta keep my ring and pinky on my right hand flat so i can slide back over and grab my mouse as quick as possible o.ob
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8 fingers is definently not needed, im a pretty fast writer and i use all except the pinky. The pinky isnt needed at all. I dont know why you would use the pinky finger. To test this write some random words and see if you use the pinky. Beacuse i also thought i used all 8 fingers (discarding thumbs). For shift i use pinky finger, there it is usefull.
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4 fingers. 90+ wpm 95% accuracy. Typing for extended periods of time (4+ hours) really fucking hurts my hands because of how I type though so at some point it would be in my best interest to relearn how to type.
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I use all my fingers for something on the keyboard but I do not have proper typing and no plan at all to learn.
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