learning to type properly...

[Night Fox]

I dont know what the big dilio is.

Am I the only one who read that as "carrot?"

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[Dodger]

I don't have a "home" or "rest" row, and mainly use my indexes for the keys and ring-man finger for shift.

[carolcat]

Wow, you don't even have that?  

I type almost twice as fast, lol.

when i dont do it how im used to. my old way was at 80WPM.

Type "Properly"? Pfft.. It's only a preferred way. I learnt by practicing typing while playing online games.. And then my hands get used to the keyboard.

its required at this high school.

[Dodger]

its required at this high school.

What the hell?

loving government.

[Dj Smash]

Am I the only one who read that as "carrot?"

nope

[yuki]

You can be equally efficient by adapting your own technique, I only use my index fingers and I type rather quickly. Really, just practice typing in the way that you're most comfortable with, I never really *did* that "proper typography" garbage. Unless you're one of those courtroom typists, as long as you're not searching for keys you're fine.

[Night Fox]

nope

k good
because that would be bad

[Ziyek]

im going to high school in 2-3 years, and they require 35 WPM without looking

i decided to get a head start

...I have 123 WPM lol

[Dodger]

You can be equally efficient by adapting your own technique, I only use my index fingers and I type rather quickly. Really, just practice typing in the way that you're most comfortable with, I never really *did* that "proper typography" garbage.

Almost the same here.

[carolcat]

What the hell?

loving government.

and my parents want me to learn how to type with the home row because its how they grew up learning it that way. i personally dont have a problem with it, its just soooo frustrating for me

[Dodger]

and my parents want me to learn how to type with the home row because its how they grew up learning it that way.

Tell them that traditional methods =/= best method. Just because they can do it doesn't automatically mean you could.

[KadeBL_ID12958]

im going to high school in 2-3 years, and they require 35 WPM without looking

i decided to get a head start

I can do that, it's actually worse when you learn that way rather than your own.

[Kevin]

I learned how to do it my own way.

Very few errors, like 100 words per minute with few errors if I be a try hard.

Rest my left hand on ASD and right on K and L.

Right handles delete and all other functions like space with both thumbs on the keyboard.

Altough I memorized the keyboard this way so I never have to look down even when correcting myself. :U

[Riot]

asdf jkl;
are your base finger placements for one.

[Trymos]

I can get 60-65 WPM easily if i tried. If i tried really hard. I would get like 80-90.