![]() I just want to know your thoughts on why these seemingly suboptimal placements (particularly "c", "b", "0", and "6") are 'recommended'. Of course I understand that you can (and many do) have unique styles of typing with equal or better speeds than 'traditional' touch typists. Wrists are already 'raised up' to reach number rowĪllows my ring finger to only type "0" so typing something like "10-20" uses different fingers for "0" and "-" When typing numbers, I usually use pinkie because: When typing text, I use ring finger because it doesn't need to stretch as much as pinkie (e.g. Same as "0" but I can understand using pinkie for this one because it is close enough (similarly to typing "1" - which, conversely, I could understand using ring finger for) Pinkie is too short to reach without moving wrist (I'd like to see your hands if you can reach "0" with your pinkie more easily than with your ring finger) Ring finger is objectively closer and is longer (hence easier to reach) Touch typing simply makes you more productive and it is a skill worth learning. It significantly improves typing speed and eliminates errors. Recommended placement would require slight crossing motion Touch typing is the ability to use muscle memory to find keys fast, without using the sense of sight, and with all the available fingers, just like piano players do. (however, I think it is understandable to use either ring finger or pinkie for "z")Įasier to reach with longer middle finger More comfortable as recommended finger (pinkie) would cross inward hitting other fingers The 'equivalent' finger stretch in the right hand ("bi") is actually shorter than "be" and "b" is the same length from both left and right hands on home row Typing "be" with the recommended fingers (left hand) requires unnecessary stretching apart of the left index and middle fingers The most common bigram containing "b" is "be" "ce" is the most common thing typed using just the left hand and containing "c") - which would be slower to type using the same finger (as is 'recommended') The most common bigram containing "c" and another left-handed letter is "ce" (i.e. Dance Mat enables kids to learn where all the letters are on the keyboard. Here are 12 typing games that will get your youngster’s modest fingers going. In any case, learning to type doesn’t need to be an errand. LETTERS IN TYPING FINGERS HOW TOTyping "cry" would require crossing fingers or wrist movement Living in today’s advanced world, it’s really significant that kids realize how to type. Typing "c" requires movement/collision of middle and index fingers. More comfortable given orientation of hands Symmetrical with right hand (typing "m") - why would right hand be placed like that if it would be wrong for the left hand? JUSTIFICATIONS FOR DIFFERENCES TO RECOMMENDED PLACEMENT My finger placement (with differences highlighted) ![]()
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