Keyboard questions! Can you type without looking at the keys? Do you have a preferred format or make of keyboard?
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It’s absurd because one does not learn Dvorak without taking effort to do so. You usually have to be already proficient before you switch to Dvorak. I’d expect you to be a touch typist in another layout before Dvorak.
It would be different if you didn’t say “only in”
On the contrary, my repeated failure in learning to touch-type qwerty are why I learned dvorak: it was reported to be easier to use. And it is! It's not advanced typing, it's Easy Mode.
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Querty with ANSI layout, not ISO. I hate ISO layout.
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Querty with ANSI layout, not ISO. I hate ISO layout.
Brother how do you make a typo on the top 6 letters?
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Yes, I touch type on a normal US keyboard (US international layout). As i lost some feeling in my finger tips due to age, I made my own dimples on the F and J keys, and some additional ones on the 3 and 8 keys for when I can't use the numeric keypad (which I can touch type too).
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YOU LIED TO US, RAZORCANDY!
Can you find it in your heart to forgive my deception?
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Yes, my keyboard has no markings to indicate letters save for the standard two raised small bars on f and j so I can feel for orientation as per standard keyboard fare.
I use the QWERTY layout on a firmware flashed zsa voyager split ortholinear keyboard.
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I love Logitech K800, which as far as I know has been discontinued
Now I'm in Logitech mk520 which is... Meh, it's okay, but still hard on my fingers
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wrote on last edited by [email protected]I can type without looking if I'm on my keyboard, but when I made a typo I take a quick look to see where I'm wrong. I still have to look it for key combination.
Edit: but I only type with four fingers. I don't know why.
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I use a 40% unibody split keyboard. I have a Corne, but I suspect the microcontrollers going out so I need to replace those or check my soldering job. Since I switched to columnar stagger I get a little disoriented when I try to use a more “normie” keyboard lol. Still use QWERTY tho
I use blank keycaps, so looking is more to check hand placement or if I need to count my keys to search for a symbol
I may do a bit of a show and tell when I get to my desk :3c
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I use a 40% unibody split keyboard. I have a Corne, but I suspect the microcontrollers going out so I need to replace those or check my soldering job. Since I switched to columnar stagger I get a little disoriented when I try to use a more “normie” keyboard lol. Still use QWERTY tho
I use blank keycaps, so looking is more to check hand placement or if I need to count my keys to search for a symbol
I may do a bit of a show and tell when I get to my desk :3c
Mine are blank too.
I specifically wanted to learn to type without looking, so I got a blank one. I know it was from DAS but I forget the model.
I had some problem with it and put a new one on my birthday list and got it from family and been fine since then. I still have the other one, so it must've just been an annoyance and not actually broken. I honestly don't remember.
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Yes, I love typing and do it quickly. I guess I prefer QWERTY but only because that's the one I learned on and got good at. I hate keys that are too flat, like laptops and some office keyboards trying too hard to look streamlined.
When I'm thinking of how to spell a word, in my mind's eye I see it being typed out and that's how I find the correct spelling.
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I can; but, while we had Mario Teaches Typing in school, I absolutely hated the cognitive effort and preferred to Hunt and Peck.
I love computers, though, so my brain eventually memorized the keyboard just from constant use; now I generally type without looking (with a pretty average 44 WpM) but primarily just use my index fingers to do so.
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Keychron? Which one? Don’t leave me hanging like that.
Keychron Q6 Max. with aftermarket switches of... some random type I forgot long ago. Quiet tactile switches that trigger at a slightly more shallow depth.
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Keychron Q6 Max. with aftermarket switches of... some random type I forgot long ago. Quiet tactile switches that trigger at a slightly more shallow depth.
Nice. Unfortunately My keychron (k10 pro I think) just sits in a corner because it’s really hard to switch back to monolith after using a split. The quality of my split isn’t even half as good as the keychron, but it feels really uncomfortable to use the keychron now
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I can; but, while we had Mario Teaches Typing in school, I absolutely hated the cognitive effort and preferred to Hunt and Peck.
I love computers, though, so my brain eventually memorized the keyboard just from constant use; now I generally type without looking (with a pretty average 44 WpM) but primarily just use my index fingers to do so.
Is 44wpm average? I thought more like 60-80 was average, but maybe my impression is off because of being somewhat active in mechanical keyboard groups
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Nice. Unfortunately My keychron (k10 pro I think) just sits in a corner because it’s really hard to switch back to monolith after using a split. The quality of my split isn’t even half as good as the keychron, but it feels really uncomfortable to use the keychron now
They seem to have a few ergonomic ones these days, though still not seeing any splits. I suppose if you wanted to be crazy you could get two 60%'s and keymap them to a funky split but that's almost certainly too weird and expensive to be worth it. lol
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They seem to have a few ergonomic ones these days, though still not seeing any splits. I suppose if you wanted to be crazy you could get two 60%'s and keymap them to a funky split but that's almost certainly too weird and expensive to be worth it. lol
Unfortunately, I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and am looking into building my own
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On the contrary, my repeated failure in learning to touch-type qwerty are why I learned dvorak: it was reported to be easier to use. And it is! It's not advanced typing, it's Easy Mode.
Faskinatin'!
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Yes. 70%. Kailh Box Navys.
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wrote on last edited by [email protected]I can't even imagine not typing blind, without looking at keys.
Fun fact: My left hand is not 10-finger-syste-positioned but WASD gamer-system positioned. Works fine anyway for blind and fast typing.
QWERTZ. Cherry Keyboard, mechanical keys, full with numpad.
I did look into alternative layouts like DVORAK a long time ago, but it didn't seem worth the investment of relearning. Current works good enough. (Even as a coder where parens and braces are more cumbersome than EN layouts.)
