How to type certain words advanced question?
By newrunnker2k14 - updated: 9 years, 10 months ago - 3 messages
I Want to learn if its best to type a word like "fern" via leaving finger hover over both the e and r after you move from home position to or whether your somehow supposed to move your e back to home position with ring finger as soon as you have moved the ring finer, the later seems impossible to type quickly with. Audio is a similar word and dilemma.Also how best to type something like "car78T99" should your whole right hand just sit on the numbers or just really stretch for them? The second technique makes punctuation slightly easier as your hand on home key more but for patters like "re" or "er" "up" "ip" etc it makes it very hard to type really rapidly.
I've never spent much thought on questions such as these, but by observing myself for a bit, I'll tell you how I do it:
What I and probably everyone else who's typing a lot started to do is not typing letters but typing words. This means that when I type something like 'fern', my index finger is typing the 'f' while my middle finger is already moving upward towards the 'e'. While my middle finger is pressing 'e', my index finger starts to move up to the 'r' and presses it as soon as the 'e' is through, therefore resulting in both fingers being on the upper row. Both of them move back to homerow while the right hand is typing the 'n'.
You'll get this with a lot of words: 'people' is a very common word on this site and in general. When I'm starting to type it, my right pinky finger is moving to the upper row to type 'p'. Simultaneously, my right ring finger is already moving to the 'o' and my left middle finger to the 'e', because I've memorized that I need these on the upper row. For the 'l', the right ring finger does a short stab down to the middle row again, but during the rest of the word, these fingers stay on the top row.
As for numbers, I've yet to find a way to type them fast. For longer digits, I usually use a numpad and not the regular keyboard, but I guess that information isn't helping you. :(
By kaikaikaikaikai - posted: 9 years, 10 months ago
I've never spent much thought on questions such as these, but by observing myself for a bit, I'll tell you how I do it:
What I and probably everyone else who's typing a lot started to do is not typing letters but typing words. This means that when I type something like 'fern', my index finger is typing the 'f' while my middle finger is already moving upward towards the 'e'. While my middle finger is pressing 'e', my index finger starts to move up to the 'r' and presses it as soon as the 'e' is through, therefore resulting in both fingers being on the upper row. Both of them move back to homerow while the right hand is typing the 'n'.
You'll get this with a lot of words: 'people' is a very common word on this site and in general. When I'm starting to type it, my right pinky finger is moving to the upper row to type 'p'. Simultaneously, my right ring finger is already moving to the 'o' and my left middle finger to the 'e', because I've memorized that I need these on the upper row. For the 'l', the right ring finger does a short stab down to the middle row again, but during the rest of the word, these fingers stay on the top row.
As for numbers, I've yet to find a way to type them fast. For longer digits, I usually use a numpad and not the regular keyboard, but I guess that information isn't helping you. :(
Updated 9 years, 10 months ago
By dragonz_saga - posted: 9 years, 10 months ago
Oh, I find it ridiculously lazy of me to be typing with index and middle finger only even after 3 years of online gaming and typing.
My speed ranges from 80-105 WPM , average being 95 or something. Do you think if I start using almost all my fingers I'll be able to get it up? I just noticed while typing all this that my right hand only uses index finger while my left hand uses all fingers at least once during a paragraph.
By kaikaikaikaikai - posted: 9 years, 10 months ago
You might find that typing with all fingers is actually far lazier, as you don't have to move your hands around so much during typing! ^^
Well, would you be able to go faster with all fingers? Yes, it's almost a no-brainer - more fingers, less travel time for each individual finger. But here's the thing: You've been doing this for quite a long time, which means it's a very strong automatism now. Un-learning your typing style and switching to one that uses all fingers will take a lot of training and dedication, and your speed will actually drop for several months before you develop the same sense of ease and dexterity in your other fingers.
The question now is, is it worth it to you? 95 WPM is above what most people can do, and for all areas of daily life more than enough, so if you'd rather be putting that time and dedication into something productive, just continue what you're doing now.
If you're a maniac like me and some other people on this site, getting better speeds and more accurate is like a sport... if you're the same, I see no choice for you but to start using all fingers.
