Does anyone use "Home row" typing?

[no_control776]

Home row typing: the typing method where your left hand sits on the A, S, D, and F keys, and your right hand sits on the J, K, l and ; keys.

During middle school we had a typing class, and they really tried to teach us to use the home row typing method.
My question is: Does anyone actually use home row typing?

[Adversary]

KERMBIT eredeti hozzászólása:

i dont know who "mavis beacon" is but that software looks like some cringey requirement class using late 90s software in middle school

That's because it's the gold standard for teaching typing in schools. I used an earlier version that ran on Power Macintosh.

Quint the Alligator Snapper eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah I do this. Basically I think I have a touch sense of where my fingers are relative to the keys, so I can type entirely without looking at my hands.

That's called muscle memory, it's nothing unusual or spooky woo. If anything that means you learned how to type properly - you're not supposed to look at the keyboard when you type.

[AbedsBrother]

caramel eredeti hozzászólása:

My question is: Does anyone actually use home row typing?

Not during gaming - prefer WASD then - but when typing, yeah, definitely.

[Adversary]

AbedsBrother eredeti hozzászólása:

caramel eredeti hozzászólása:

My question is: Does anyone actually use home row typing?

Not during gaming - prefer WASD then - but when typing, yeah, definitely.

Technically, you can remain with at least one hand on the home row while playing a WASD game. It's if you're playing a game which requires arrow keys, numpad, or, gods forbid, some esoteric combination from the late 80s like HUIKMN - I've played games like that, they were ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awful - that then maybe you should abandon the home row.

[Zilkenian Davenport]

Oh yes, we had those too. Never learned how to do it.
Instead, I use the index finger of my left hand, and the middle finger of my right hand.

Then I decided to memorize the placement of each key (important, that is), and let my hands fly all over the keyboard.

Kinda explains why sometimes I make a few typos. Kind of hard to hit the right key when you're moving all over the place.

[Lily]

We learned the home row method back in elementary school, and I hated every second of it. It always felt awkward having to keep my hands on home row, now the only keys I use are WASD.

[KeplersConjecture]

Darkseed eredeti hozzászólása:

We learned the home row method back in elementary school, and I hated every second of it. It always felt awkward having to keep my hands on home row, now the only keys I use are WASD.

How did you type this using only the WASD keys?

[Azza ☠]

KERMBIT eredeti hozzászólása:

i dont know who "mavis beacon" is but that software looks like some cringey requirement class using late 90s software in middle school

Yeah, It's rather old software of the 90s. However, schools loved it and attempted to keep it around for as long as possible in some places as a typing teaching tool. When I was in middle school, they where still using it. Really dated, but still fun.

I was getting A+ in my typing class, pretty much because to me it was just a fun game and it taught the correct techniques to be able to get serious speed and accuracy.

[Zilkenian Davenport]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

KERMBIT eredeti hozzászólása:

i dont know who "mavis beacon" is but that software looks like some cringey requirement class using late 90s software in middle school

Yeah, It's rather old software of the 90s. However, schools loved it and attempted to keep it around for as long as possible in some places as a typing teaching tool. When I was in middle school, they where still using it. Really dated, but still fun.

Oh.... yes. Thanks to this I was able to unlock a memory from my childhood, with that blasted software that indicated how to set your hands on the keyboard, which keys to push, and then the extremely annoying "follow the rythm!" program.
I may not be able to hate, but whatever I felt in those moments was probably very close to it.

[Azza ☠]

Zef Davenport eredeti hozzászólása:

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah, It's rather old software of the 90s. However, schools loved it and attempted to keep it around for as long as possible in some places as a typing teaching tool. When I was in middle school, they where still using it. Really dated, but still fun.

Oh.... yes. Thanks to this I was able to unlock a memory from my childhood, with that blasted software that indicated how to set your hands on the keyboard, which keys to push, and then the extremely annoying "follow the rythm!" program.
I may not be able to hate, but whatever I felt in those moments was probably very close to it.

I guess it just clicked with me and I didn't consider it slavery or a chore to do.

It's the same deal with exercise or learning to play a musical instrument. If it's a boring chore, you aren't going to do well and will just give up over time. Find a fun and enjoyable way to do it, you become hooked and even addicted into doing it. Practice a ton more and naturally excel over time if you have learnt the correct techniques.

I was getting up to 60-75 WPM by age 13. That was considered a professional typist level. But back then it was just a game to me. I later got into programming and now an IT Security Expert, so it applies to my lifestyle still to date.

My suggestion is if you need or want to learn something, at least try find a way to enjoy it as well.

[Zilkenian Davenport]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

Zef Davenport eredeti hozzászólása:

Oh.... yes. Thanks to this I was able to unlock a memory from my childhood, with that blasted software that indicated how to set your hands on the keyboard, which keys to push, and then the extremely annoying "follow the rythm!" program.
I may not be able to hate, but whatever I felt in those moments was probably very close to it.

I guess it just clicked with me and I didn't consider it slavery or a chore to do.

It's the same deal with exercise or learning to play a musical instrument. If it's a boring chore, you aren't going to do well and will just give up over time. Find a fun and enjoyable way to do it, you become hooked and even addicted into doing it. Practice a ton more and naturally excel over time if you have learnt the correct techniques.

I was getting up to 60-75 WPM by age 13. That was considered a professional typist level. But back then it was just a game to me. I later got into programming and now an IT Security Expert, so it applies to my lifestyle still to date.

My suggestion is if you need or want to learn something, at least try find a way to enjoy it as well.

I agree with your methods for learning something.

In fact, I learned English out of curiosity and simple fun.

Same with maths, art, space, ancient Egypt history, biology, the human brain, computer technology (including servers). Heck, nowadays I'm a technician just because I found computers interesting at the age of 5, and my first question about them were "How is that little arrow moving inside the screen when I move the mouse? How is it connecting with each other?".

But typying was never a thing I considered interesting, so my mind provided with the next best thing. I need to type? Here, two fingers and very fast movement and control of your hands and arms.

Yes, I still think the other way would have been easier, but if something is boring to me, it's usually discarded in less than 20 seconds.

[Azza ☠]

These days, I would recommend the Typing Club:
https://www.typingclub.com/

If you can get over the boring slow basics (which you firstly need to learn to perform correct techniques), it will likely help you out a lot to find your natural touch typing flow.

[Zilkenian Davenport]

Azza ☠ eredeti hozzászólása:

These days, I would recommend the Typing Club:
https://www.typingclub.com/

If you can get over the boring slow basics (which you firstly need to learn to perform correct techniques), it will likely help you out a lot to find your natural touch typing flow.

Thanks lad, but at the age of 33, and having been typing with two fingers for almost two decades, I think I'll stay as it is.
But still, very appreciated.

[ASmokyPipe]

Mine is put on A,W,E,R or D,Space button or v for left hand and for right hand it would be either backspace or enter or p, shift,O,J,N, sometimes I also put one of my fingers on space

[Alaskan Catfish Hike]

KERMBIT eredeti hozzászólása:

i dont know who "mavis beacon" is but that software looks like some cringey requirement class using late 90s software in middle school

I’m pretty sure we used that in middle school

[$2 Hero]

serious question, what other type of tying is there? keyboards are made a certain way and everyone uses it the exact same way.