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Keyboard questions! Can you type without looking at the keys? Do you have a preferred format or make of keyboard?

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  • R [email protected]

    I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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    #55

    Yes, I can touch-type.
    I prefer colemak but abandoned it due to the prevalence of QWERTY.
    I quite like 60% boards with tactile and clicky switches.
    I've only used a few makes so i couldn't say if i preferred one over another.

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      I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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      #56

      QWERTY at about 130-140 wpm, but not 10 finger. 10 finger ortholinear about 100 wpm, and about 90 wpm on staggered. As I was trying workman, I managed to type at about 50-60 wpm.

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        I feel you. I'm 'this' close to making my own trackball. Just uhh... as soon as I finish up some other non-computer projects first... damn time always doing the time thing.

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        #57

        Well, the ploopy trackballs keep getting better

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        • R [email protected]

          I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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          #58

          One word: miryoku

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            Well, the ploopy trackballs keep getting better

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            #59

            Ahh very neat. Though those prices are insanely steep... I also kinda' want a different button arrangement, button mechanisms, and ergonomics than any of their offerings.

            Still a worthy suggestion for most, though!

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            • R [email protected]

              I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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              #60
              1. Yes.
              2. I really enjoy my Ducky One 3 with Cherry MX brown switches.
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                I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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                #61

                Yes, I touch-type, and use a kinesis advantage keyboard that makes touch typing "almost unavoidable" (as one blogger wrote). I also use the Dvorak layout, and get nearly 100 wpm without really trying (and using low-effort brain-to-keyboard data transfer is the way to go, imho).

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                  I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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                  #62

                  Been a touch typist for a while now, but I prefer my IBM Model M as a daily driver. I have a new modern take on the IBM Model F coming in in a few weeks that I'm very stoked about. Buckling spring switches are the best keyboard types ever made.

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                    I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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                    #63
                    1. Yes
                    2. HP DC7700 office desktop accessory keyboard. I had a stockpile of them but sadly I'm down to my last one 😞
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                    • R [email protected]

                      I had computer keyboards in mind when posting this, but players of the instrument are welcome to answer too πŸ˜„

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                      #64

                      Yes, QWERTY at 110wpm with standard left hand and only using index and middle fingers on my right hand, on a normal ISO layout on my Wooting 80HE.

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