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Got my own 10 fingers system. Probably share it with a lot of gamers though, because my default position is zqsd (azerty equivalent of wasd). Definitely not as efficient as the actual 10 fingers system, but I can still touch type when needed.
Recently, the French government has been thinking of changing the French keyboard standard (with bépo as a major option), and I pray they don't because it sucks even more than the standard French layout for programming (see my previous rant on PC vs Mac keyboard layouts in France)... -
I never ended up typing with the proper 10 finger way. Instead I use the 7-finger method :)
I don't have good coordination on my ring and pinky fingers, and I hate forcing them to move sideways.
But anyway, I'm among the fastest typists of all the people I know, that use the 10 finger system. There are a couple of guys who are faster, but at that speed it really doesn't matter since it doesn't hinder any developments, or writing stuff, or anything. -
@GMR516 I'm kinda similar to that. Except I sometimes only use 8 fingers.
Speed isn't a huge issue while coding for me since I'm still learning. However, when it comes to typing a paper or something of the sorts, I'm able to fly through at a sleep much higher than what I can hit when typing properly.
I knew someone that typed with only 2 fingers ( index fingers )
There were no comments in the code because, it would take ages to write a sentence.
I don't know how someone that was born with a laptop in her lap doesn't know how to use all the fingers to type.
But, for her this was just a job. No personal projects, no will to learn new things. Just do the work they give her, as slowly as possible.
I remember I forced myself to learn how to type using all fingers when I was little. Now I even rebind the movement keys on games because is more comfortable to use "the right keys" ( I hate wasd, esdf ftw!)
How about you, do you know anyone that-s bad at typing?
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