sundray to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL what an Ortholinear Keyboard iswww.howtogeek.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1214arrow-down1external-linkTIL what an Ortholinear Keyboard iswww.howtogeek.comsundray to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square102fedilinkfile-text
I’m just a newb when it comes to high grade keyboards, but these things look wild, and I kind of want to try one.
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoSame. I learned to type without the whole “home rows” method and with some exceptions like shift (and A for some reason?) I type with two fingers per hand. Typing at 150wpm consistently is very fun.
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI touch type with fingers on the home row with a slight drive and my max is 110 wpm, average about 90. I’m very impressed.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago150 wpm? Damn, I am in awe!
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThanks! On a bad day (or when tipsy, I use typeracer as a breathalyser) that goes away. Practice makes perfect
minus-squarevovo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoCan you type blindly when you don’t have home rows?
minus-squarekonalt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAs in without looking at the keyboard? Yes.
Same. I learned to type without the whole “home rows” method and with some exceptions like shift (and A for some reason?) I type with two fingers per hand. Typing at 150wpm consistently is very fun.
I touch type with fingers on the home row with a slight drive and my max is 110 wpm, average about 90.
I’m very impressed.
150 wpm? Damn, I am in awe!
Thanks! On a bad day (or when tipsy, I use typeracer as a breathalyser) that goes away. Practice makes perfect
Can you type blindly when you don’t have home rows?
As in without looking at the keyboard? Yes.