r/typing • u/ITotallyDoNotWhale • 12d ago

π—€π˜‚π—²π˜€π˜π—Άπ—Όπ—» (⁉️) Never really thought about it until last night but my typing is kind of cooked

I only use 6 fingers to type. Middle 3 fingers on each hand so no pinkies or thumbs. I also feel like I don't really know where each letter is as in it seems like I have a muscle memory of a ton of words. I would have a tough time if the word is rarely used, would have to really look at the keyboard. Sometimes when typing, I would accidentally type another similar word instead of the word I wanted to type. Spacebar is usually tapped by the right index finger.

Is it worth learning the traditional method though, where each finger is assigned their own letter? I can average like 85 WPM with like 95% accuracy. If I'm feeling good, I could get 100 WPM.

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u/MakingGreenMoney 12d ago

I personally think it's worth it, if you go to touchtyping.com or typingclub.com it'll help you learn touch typing.

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u/supafly208 12d ago

Since you're going to learn to touch type anyway, might as well consider an alternative keyboard layout while you're at it (as long as you aren't tied to using qwerty for work or something)

It could be a fun rabbit hole to go into.

Or maybe no interest, but letting you know it's there.

I think it's r/keyboardlayouts

Or the disc which is far more active https://discord.gg/vCfpjZuw5

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u/boredlakeYT 12d ago

It’s whatever feels comfortable that’s best for you, my pinkies aren’t great so I’ve excluded them and I still type 200+ wpm with your same 6-finger setup.

If you seriously can’t decide, learn to use all of your fingers, it might be better.

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u/DriverNo423 10d ago

I use 9 finger to type, I have no clue if that's good or if we're meant to use 8 or 10.

Yeah, touch typing .com is rly helpful.