First off, I'd like to state that this is a thread of menot happy about something, so don't tell me "Zloc, stfu and quit whining" You HAVE been told.

New teacher this year, and he was pretty cool at first...but he's got Composition class, which none of us at this school have EVER had (Private school). So we have to write some stupid paragraph and type it out. OK fine. I did. Then we have to do Mavis Becon, a typing program.

Number one: It's a version from something like 1991. No joke. It's got the ABSOLUTE MOST ANNOYING beeps!

Number two: (Main thing) I can type around 60 - 70 WPM and get something like 98% accuracy. It generally gets down to about 50 WPM, and my correcting is great, and my fingers fly across the board, typing each key with the same finger each time. I don't use my ring finger/pinky as much, but they get used. Mavis Becon however, has this really stupid home-row technique and everything..which I just can't do. I got around 15 WPM doing it, and like 88% accuracy.

Teacher comes up behind me and says: YOU'RE ONLY USING 2 FINGERS AND TYPING THE WRONG WAY! DO IT RIGHT! Like he was extremely PO'ed. I ended up extremely PO'd because I was practically being FORCED to type crappy for the sake of this stupid technique that didn't work for me. I'm the faster typer in my class of 14, and I don't do it the correct way. In fact, my technique is hardly different from the pro way, except I don't do that home row crap and mainly use my index/middle fingers.


It's EXTREMELY annoying, Especially when I can do better. My mom says to tell him "No, I'm typing my way and I'm faster that way" or to just live with it and quit complaining...what do you guys think?

Zlocista


Something I forgot: He's telling us we're never going to be able to pass highschool key-boarding or something like that if we don't type the "correct" way. *Shrug* I doubt it, I can type great right now.

Did you get the test yet when the teacher puts a box to cover your hands and keys? Not fun.

Highschool keyboarding courses will force you to type properly. Just learn how to use the home-row technique, and you'll soon be typing faster than you were before. I type at best 112wpm. *shrug*

Your mother's right. Listen to her :p

I type faster than my entire school, save 1 kid [dan], and I only use 1 hand and the other is sort of my extra 1 finger for a couple keys to the right. Ask Genki, he's seen me type. I type pretty freaking fast for having crippled fingers, and even fast for someone who doesn't. If I care to, I can type without a single mistake and keep this speed up. My teacher gave me 3 different books, I did them all the first month of our required typing class, so she just gave me the final and I played Quake 3 the rest of the year.

My suggestion is to OWN the program. Kick it's ***. Then tell your teacher to take his method and shove it.

The homerow IS probably faster for someone with normal fingers, though. You should try using the homerow and practice with it.

JediKirby

Here's a list of some benefits of touch typing (what I assume they're teaching you). Most important in my opinion are the health issues... if you're spending a lot of time on the computer, and being a Massassian I assume you are, then this will bite you in the *** if you do it "your way" 12 hours a day for years on end.

If your teacher is annoying and the program/tests they use are lame, I suggest trying this program if you can find it. It's incredibly fun and has training, story, challenge modes, etc.

Something I forgot to add (again) I can type without looking..but i'll check out that typing adventure game thingy...

Exactly. I type much better now that I use the home row method, much faster too. It really is a lot better than some cockamamey technique you have (except for Kirby in his unique situation) though it may take you a while to figure that out.

I do better at TotD than I do at the original game :-(

It IS insane to see... and then when he's playing video games and yelling at people.. yehehe

hey genki/kirby next time you get together or something..record a short movie of kirby typing and send it to me. I wanna see this

Dude, I learned home-row in like 4th grade, when iMacs were brand new .. I don't even know how to type otherwise :p

yeah they taught us homerow at my elementry school, its pretty awesome...
i'm still not the greatest typer, but i get a long fine.

Know how I learned to type fast?

Cheat Codes for JK.

Pathetic isn't it?

Anyways... that was the start, and once I got into middle school is when they really started pushing the typing stuff, at which point I'd already developed habbits I couldn't break easily, like looking. But I fail to care about that. And it's not like I stare at it either, just occasional glances. But what I really love, is that I only use ONE shift key. A direct result of the right shift key being busted on my keyboard the year I took a keyboarding class.

I dun care much about WPM... I type fast enough for me. That's all I care about.

*learned to type with Mavis Becon* :em321:

If only we learned to type from mavispoo instead...

<_<
>_>

I type Rob style.

I can't use my pinky fingers that much, because they're bent hella bad. (Extra joint that faces sideways, if you'd believe it...)

I hit keys with whatever finger is closest. Sounds weird, but for the most part it works. Home row never clicked, ever.

I just can't do it.

I use my own technique, that's somewhat based off of the "home row" technique.

I put my hands on the home row, and then start typing from there, gradually (but quickly) moving to just using whatver finger is closest to the key I need to hit next. My thumb is dedicated to the space though, and I do use all my fingers except my right pinky, and sometimes my right ring finger.

Somtimes I'll move my right hand to the other side of the keyboard if I feel it's necessary. But, if nothing else, when I'm not using a certain finger, it's either right on their respective home row key, or just hovering above it.

I can usually stay around 100 WPM (give or take about 10) (this includes correcting errors, which, admitedly, are semi frequent, but in all the years I've been typing, the "home row" technique has never worked. My errors triple, or sometimes quadruple, but my speed is probably cut down by nearly 80% (down to about 20 wpm), and that's with all those errors. My fingers just can't move like that, one of my other fingers (it's somewhat random) wants to move with other fingers, and I think about the strokes more. If I type my own way, my fingers can move naturally however they want, and I don't think about the strokes as much. Overall this gives me a more natural flow to my keyboarding, and a lot less errors.

I "hunt and peck" as they call it really fast also. I use both hands but never do the gay homerow thing, and always look at the keyboard, which I don't see is that bad. I just can't wait to get out of Computer Tech, gayest class ever, required, don't get me started. At least they don't crack your hands sith a ruler when you do it wrong (they don't do this to me, I'm just saying it could be worse).

I use the crippled manchild version of the homerow version:

I rarely, if ever use my pinky fingers. On top of that, my fingers rest on the D and J keys, instead of the F and J, like they are supposed to.

Finally, using this incredibly odd method of typing I manage to type at least 75wpm. I did the box test in my typing class, and ended up doing 69wpm, and the teacher just gave me an A for the class right there

I also can type at about 50wpm (With a few more errors, though) using just my left hand, which my friends say is incredibly odd to watch, since I just barely manage to land on the correct keys on the right side

All I know is, I have absolutely no qualms with my method of typing.

Using my own "use most of your fingers technique while also simultaneously correcting any erronerous mistakes" technique, I can type resonably fast. Nothing spectacular, but much, much faster than a lot of people I know. And I *can*, if need be, type without looking at the keyboard, even if it isn't wonderously efficient.

And homerow? Anyone care to shed light on this for an unfamiliar Brit?

Definitely learn the home row method properly. I could type ~50 wpm before but now I never dip under ~80 wpm, even with correcting.

I think home row is stupid. I type my way just fine pretty dang quickly. It involves some pretty odd stuff though. And of course, I never look at the keyboard. That's like a sin.

Well I think that I can't believe it's not butter...

Never heard of this "Homerow". But Mavis Becon on the other hand, I want to stab the man who thought that thing up.

If I cared enough to type fast, I would. The only thing I do that requires semi-fast typing is posting on message boards or chatting. Otherwise, when programming, I type at more or less the speed I think, which doesn't require 100+ WPM.

Yeah, you think at like 1-2 wpm.

BUUUURRRRNNNN



/me runs

I'm not ashamed to admit that I occasionaly slave over my own algorithms for quite some time.

Nonetheless
*shoots CM in the back with a tranquilizer
*drags CM to the cave of horrors

I sort of use the home row method, but I always look at the keyboard even though I don't need too. I never use my pinkies.

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90-140 wpm. (depends on my mood. If I want to type extremely fast then I can push my speed up, but that takes some effort.)

Can type without looking. (I just typed this without looking, omg.)

Oh yeah baby.

I seriously advise you learn your "homerow" technique because you learn where the keys are by typing. I don't actually do a full homerow, I mainly use the first four fingers and almost never use the last finger. Works for me.

My style of typing evolved from the "Hunt and peck" Heck I dont know what to call it. I use both hands, and both index fingures. I move pretty quick. At middle school I was hasseled to learn the "homerow thing" They said what Im doing is the "wrong way of typing" I told them "Im sorry, but who made it the right way to type?" Instead of awnsering my question they perfered to argue. After a few more arguments they backed off. I wouldent learn the "Home row BS" Just tell them off.

I learned to type on a typewriter. No, I'm actually not old.

Well, did homerow today and got ~30 wpm, and 92% accuracy. I generally don't look at the keyboard either. I'll just try and learn this home-row thing and I'll look for Typing of the Dead, because the demo was neat.

Way to be open minded. There's a reason they teach homerow typing

I use the home row method always. It saves a lot of time, and if you know it well you drastically decrease the amount of mistakes you make. The key is to practice. Type out a sentence slowly, but accurately using the correct home row method over and over again. Gradually your speed will increase, and it will begin to feel very natural.

Um...

Shut up?

Homerow. You may suck at it now, but if you can really type as fast as you say you can without it, then with it you can increase your speed quite a bit.

Besides, it's so much better to be able to type while reading something and stuff like that. I can type about 100wpm+ flawless using homerow, it's really the only way to go (unless you go dvorak)

Also, if one desired, they could probably find the full version of TTotD at home of the underdogs.

Though, one probably wouldn't desire it since it would be technically illegal.

I can type without seeing the keys, my main problem is A: not hitting extra keys and B: not holding down a key on accident. At school I'll type N and since I'm not used to it I get like 4 N's.

Guys, there's factors other than speed to consider. Convenience, for example. Convencience is the reason you don't switch to a DVORAK keyboard, even though it's more efficient.

I taught myself to type, I can type without looking at the keys, I get around 70-80 wpm but I can break 100 when I try to type fast. I um, I think I type pretty closely to the home-row thing. I'm lucky because my typing teacher was cool. I got an A in the class, and I didn't even have a computer. He could just see my natural typing skills and graded accordingly.