How do you type?

haha i’m really curious to see you type!
i’m a home row man.

Did Mavis tell you to put the last “t” on taught?:)

I learned how to touch-type, not from Mavis, but from the woman who taught us shorthand as well – back in the days when women had to be prepared…to be submissive and deferential.

Before I used my pointers… but last march break, I taught myself to touch-type Dvorak Keyboard (its freaks a lot of people out)

what is touch-type?

I hunt & peck very quickly- with many typos, as evidenced by my fluther posts.

@ xgunther: touch typing is typing without having to look at the keys.

Home row Joe.

Touch-type, and after 10 years of constant homework on the computer, I am extremely fast and generall just as accurate.

Home row and speedy.

@gailcalled: my gf still takes shorthand like it’s a native tongue. It was her favorite subject in HS.

Touch-typing (or home row, as I guess it is called now) uses all fingers on both hands, except thumbs. Starting and resting position: L. hand, pinky on A, ring finger on S, middle finger on D, pointer on F; R. hand, pointer on J, middle finger on K, ring finger on L, pinky on semi-colon;.

Then you practice. L pinky goes from A to Q or Z (up or down) etc. It took me about 6 weeks in the mornings only.All other fingers stay in starting position. Of course, I have to peek when I do the numbers and F keys.

Typing on a computer keyboard doesn’t compare to the weight-bearing exercise required to use the typewriters I started on. 6 carbons, white-out, smudges, sticking keys in spite of QWERTY.

@kev: I use some of my shorthand all the time when I am taking notes – as on phone calls to insurance cos., tech support, etc.

Touch-type

I use qwerty, but have several friends who use (and swear by) dvorak.

Touch-type, as I have been for over 20 years now.