Is it weird I'm typing without looking at the keyboard?

[ShiroKansen]

I have a small memory and I somehow can type while looking at some other videos and I can eve tell if I made a mistake?
That weird?

[😼Studio Cat😼]

I always assumed most people typed like that.

[Hwkiller]

Touch typing is extremely common.

It doesn't actually take that long to learn once you purposefully try.

About two years ago, I even swapped from qwerty to a modified dvorak layout and it only took me ~3 months to become just as fluent in dvorak as I was in qwerty (where I could type a max of roughly 150wpm).

Now that you touch type, you should get a mechanical keyboard. It'll improve your life.

[WhirlingOsprey]

I don't think it is weird. I have impressive memory yet I need to look at my keybaord to see what I am typing. Typing without needing to look at the keyboard can be an advantage, you won't have to look away from the screen when typing to another player in a game.

[Commander Makara]

Nguyên văn bởi Hwkiller:

About two years ago, I even swapped from qwerty to a modified dvorak layout and it only took me ~3 months to become just as fluent in dvorak as I was in qwerty (where I could type a max of roughly 150wpm)..

Yeah, a friend of mine recommended Dvorak for typing.

The conversation arose one day after I was housesitting for them and used their PC to find that despite the language/regional settings, the text for so many keys just came out 'wrong' :D

[Hwkiller]

Nguyên văn bởi Commander Makara:

Nguyên văn bởi Hwkiller:

About two years ago, I even swapped from qwerty to a modified dvorak layout and it only took me ~3 months to become just as fluent in dvorak as I was in qwerty (where I could type a max of roughly 150wpm)..

Yeah, a friend of mine recommended Dvorak for typing.

The conversation arose one day after I was housesitting for them and used their PC to find that despite the language/regional settings, the text for so many keys just came out 'wrong' :D

It's far more comfortable for me. I was developing some symptoms of carpal tunnel from typing so much (especially on crappy laptops). I switched to dvorak and got a mechanical keyboard later. Both helped alleviate the symptoms in their own way.

Now I use dvorak + caps-lock as backspace + swap left control and left alt.
Very comfortable.

[Plankton]

it depends really.
i can look at my keyboard from time to time and see if i made a error or not

[Jusey1]

Nah. I do it all the time, and without those stupid keyboard rules too. (Ya know, like the little 'dash' on the F and J keys?).