Do you type with 10 fingers?

[SuperBeaverInc.]

I only look at the keyboard when I make a typo and have to use the backspace button. And I onyl do that to make sure I have my fingers on the right keys.

 

[Esckey]

2 fingers at a time, rarly look at the keyboard as a I type too. I can't stand that way that your suppose to type, ya know with your pointing fingers on F and J, I type faster with just 2 fingers whizzing across the keyboard then I do with that lame way.

 

[stratego]

For those who use 10 fingers, what do you use your left thumb for?

 

[Halcyon]

Nine. I only use the little fingers to press left shift and enter. The right thumb generally remains unused, as the Alt Gr key isn't too useful, and I tend to use the left thumb for the spacebar. I can type quickly and accurately with my eyes closed, though, despite my slightly unorthodox style, in that my left index finger is on the D when at rest, rather than the F, and the left little finger is on shift.

 

[Double Barrel]

All ten fingers blind...unless I have to type a number, and I'll open one eye.

 

[MummyMan]

I use about 5 fingers, you don't really need to use all of em anyway to type fast. I can type blind as well, didn't even have to take a keyboarding class either.

 

[RoddyVR]

use all 10, and i use them "properly".

can type without looking at teh keyboard or the screen and correct the vast majority of my mistakes if i care to.

its the only usefull thing i learned in highschool.

 

[Leonel]

Well I can type with just ONE finger!

No. Yes I type with all 10 fingers. My left pinky is specialized for the Caps Lock, LShift and Tab and both my thumbs work the space bar, whichever is in a more conveniant spot.

 

[Goober]

I type with 5 ginders, the 4 on my right minues the thumb, the pointer one on my right. Don't ask me how this works, but it does. I am reasonably fast, when I need to be. It looks really, really weird, though . . .

 

[The Yankee]

I have all ten fingers on the "home row" keys. The home row keys are: a,s,d,f,j,k,l,;. I type letters and usually numbers without looking. I can probably type about 70 GWAM (gross words a minute) allowing for a few mistakes (that I deleted when I see appear on screen). When it comes to things such as "Print Screen/SysReq and special characters such as * I often look at the keyboard for 1-3 seconds to find it. I have memorized some special characters such as the # symbol, ~, and !. At first keeping your fingers on the home keys may sound horrible and ineffective however it does work very well once you get used to it . Typing classes help your skill and speed in typing matters a massive amount. If you type enough you may become proficient as well.

I highly recommend putting your left hand's fingers on the keys: a,s,d,f and the right hand's fingers on: j,k,l,; if you do not already. Sometimes looking at the keyboard for about one second can help you type even if you are only glancing and not really seeing or examining the keys (apparently helps confidence). Therefore sometimes I look at the keyboard for about a second when typing things like ":".

Oh come on, I remember in junior high when the class has a test on one of those typing software programs, I managed to type around 80-90 words per minute with 97% accuracy....and I admit, when I had to take a typing class (on actual typewriters where the keys have to be pushed down about 10 inches to get anything to type), that home row business was annoying.

I don't think there are very many people that actually type "properly." Rather, it's more like a lot of us, using at least four of five fingers and doing fairly well.

 

[HamaticBabylon]

Wow you guys have ten fingers! I've got 8 fingers and two thumbs!

 

[The Yankee]

Wait a minute! If you were to type properly and learn to type the correct way....one of the thumbs is never used! So all you people using both thumbs are just like the rest of us! Ha!

 

[stratego]

Wow you guys have ten fingers! I've got 8 fingers and two thumbs!

I got 10 fingers and two thumbs

 

[poob]

I type in no particular order, like a chaos-typing way of typing. I use all the fingers to type and sometimes typing as low as only one finger. Sometimes when I'm frustrated I even type with my head, but I won't recommend typing with it because it doesn't work very well.:jump::jump::jump:

 

[polymath]

Five fingers, I suppose. Strangely, the idea of using ten fingers freaks me out - I just don't like the look of it. Don't ask me to explain that one.

 

[KaNick]

I don't use my left thumb.

 

[Syterion]

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^The above was me trying to type the below sentence wihtout looking at the keyboard.

I typed this without looking at the keyboard. As you can see, I suck at it.

If you look at the mistakes carefully, you will see that I was mostly hitting the keys one key to the right of the correct one.

I type with my index and middle fingers.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Two fingers mostly. Sometimes I might get adventurous and hit the spacebar with a thumb.

 

[polymath]

Thoa is me tryinf 6o tup4 weotjouy lookj9mh at the keuboard too. An amusk enbd and sa.liryaty ,esso m. (This is me trying to type without looking at the keyboard too. An amusing and salutary lesson.)

 

[Bamspeedy]

For those who use 10 fingers, what do you use your left thumb for?

I have no prejudices against lefties. My left thumb presses the space bar sometimes, too. .

I only use 1 or 2 fingers if I'm typing numbers or typing in a password.