I only type with my thumb and first finger. :/



On each hand.

Does anyone else do this? Using only two appendages on each hand?
I'm sick of typing like this, and I'd rather not take a typing class at school, lol


Now some know the reason why I typo so horribly and so slow.
I was supposed to take a typing glass in 8th grade :/

Weee for failure.
shamiya's picture

I use my ring finger for the

I use my ring finger for the shift button, thumbs only for spacebar, and index fingers for letters... but I still type fairly quick. Then again I've typed like this for a good 9 or 10 years. Shocked
GingerNut's picture

YUP 83 Only two fingers,

YUP 83

Only two fingers, hellz yeah. >D I'm pretty damn fast with them now too... fffff ;w;

Anywho, the only thing I can reccomend is to just get a typing lesson CD or something... I tried it though, and it didn't really work out thanks to my short attention span ;; That's all I got, though...

.... uhma, i actualy never

.... uhma, i actualy never thought about how many fingers i use...

... and now while i am typing i can't see it or think about it, because i can't type anymore then.


8C DILEMMA!




(hm but i am prety sure i use just my forefinger and thumbs.
But i am also fast.
...and fail a lot.)
Pegasicorn's picture

I typed with just my index

I typed with just my index fingers until 12th grade. That was when I took a class called Speednotes, where the second half was all typing. I was too stubborn to learn before that, and I've typed properly ever since. |D I never did like those "learn to type" computer programs. It's like knowing that if I didn't I wouldn't pass the class is what motivated me to learn properly.
But if I'm forced to use one hand (holding something in the other hand, like a sandwich), I use random fingers without any real method.

http://www.typingweb.com/tuto

http://www.typingweb.com/tutor/lesson/index/id/317/# lol I'm using this.

*feels stupid*
Irunn's picture

I use all of my fingers when

I use all of my fingers when I need them :B

Lucky.

Lucky.
shaku's picture

Mavis Beacon (Bacon?) Teaches

Mavis Beacon (Bacon?) Teaches Typing.

That's how I learned. Super-old program that OWNS. It's so much fun.

GingerNut's picture

Oi Shaku, I used that program

Oi Shaku, I used that program for about week before getting bored with it xD I always called her bacon too 8B
Trickster's picture

I highly suggest 'Kewala's

I highly suggest 'Kewala's TypeQuick Adventure'. Lawl it's really childish but it taught me how to touchtype, which I now do at around 180 words per minute when I'm relaxed, with 97% accuracy. It's been such a huge benefit for me, and I recommend it highly to anyone if you want to learn in a way that's kinda... Whacky. You get to ride Emus and shizz 8D
Zergarikiaka's picture

XD; I type with every finger

XD; I type with every finger pretty darned fast, but I used to type way better than I have been lately.

I don't know what happened, but lately my typing skill has diminished... but maybe it's in compensation for my ridiculous keyboard being iffy all the time.
bigcrow's picture

I only use my middle finger

I only use my middle finger on my right hand, index/middle/ring fingers on my left, and both thumbs for the space bar. I never thought that was odd, and can type pretty darn fast this way xD

I had to take a typing class in 8th grade too. It did help me learn to type faster and without needing to look at the keyboard, but I never learned how to type "properly" or with all my fingers like you're supposed to. I don't know of any good programs or classes, but I hope you find one! Seems everyone has odd typing habits.... hmmm
Ammy's picture

I cannot remember how I

I cannot remember how I learned to type, but I don't type exactly the way one it supposed to, I think.
Lol, Zebbie, my teacher made my class use that program. I recommend it, it's a bit annoying at first but once you get to the end it is much better.
Records all of your progress too,
plus you get to see the annoying koala dance like an idiot and get bitten by various Australian creatures >D

I type with all fingers in a

I type with all fingers in a non-standard touch-typing method. I type based on patterns of words and knowing the location of a key from the location of any other key. I've typed like this for most of my life so I've gotten relatively fast at it. I'd say just try to get your other fingers in on the action, I personally hate touch typing yet I use all of my fingers to do so. I never start on home row and never keep my fingers there. This probably helps me avoid carpal tunnel considering that I'm typing on the keyboard almost all day every day without any special support or keyboard and never have any problem with it.

Zebbie, are you sure those numbers are right? xD Typing 180WPM would put you at 30WPM faster than the average typing speed of the world record holder and 10WPM faster than the speed they could reach in short bursts. And that's with them using the Dvorak keyboard, one which is specifically keyed for English and can allow for much faster speeds than the QWERTY keyboard (For English).
Trickster's picture

Lawl AMMY YES, HOW HILARIOUS

Lawl AMMY YES, HOW HILARIOUS IS IT. IT'S SO STUPID and he freaks me out a little, but it was always entertaining when I was younger and made me go forth and keep doing the levels. Accuracy was my biggest thing, and those stupid races they had/bonus rounds I USED TO GET SO AFRAID WHEN I WAS YOUNGER WHEN THE OTHER ANIMAL STARTED TO CATCH UP oh childhood how I loveth thee :B High five for random koala typing buddies, man that brings back memories 8D *high fives*

As for Ikaaa, I actually made a mega typo, *150 WPM. The replies after my post meant I couldn't go back and edit it when I realized :B Buuut from what you've said that's still kinda on par with the record holder, so zomgosh I feel kinda accomplished if my reading has been accurate :B I've had it tested 3 times, the first i got 110 a few years ago, then 137, now I'm at 150 as of a few months back. I had no idea what the world record typist was til just now, but that's just what I've been assessed at. Maybe I should tot's go for the record :B *shotdead* Ooor perhaps the assessor we used (it was just some random online one) was dodgy, who knows 8D Doubt I'm so extroadinary to break a record but yanno, just statin' the facts as I know them, but definitely interesting fax thar ;D That's pretty interesting though, coz I know a few people in my degree who are about the same as me typing speed-wise. I thought I was kinda average :B Maybe us Aussies are just freakish or somethin'~

eyestrain's picture

I had a typing class in

I had a typing class in middle school- mavis beacon for 20 minutes every morning.
My highest 'normal' speed is 81 words per minute. I was very surprised to learn this about a month ago.

I don't strive to be the best, but instead I strive to do my best, and always give it my all every time.
-faunet

Zebbie - Out of curiosity,

Zebbie - Out of curiosity, what do you test your WPM with?
Trickster's picture

Le this was the recent one :3

Le this was the recent one :3 I would test it on Typequick or something more reputable buuut, doesn't run with Windows 7. Dontcha love compatability? Laughing out loud

Regardless of my typing speed, at any rate it's helped me touch type and I highly recommend Typequick-just figured I'd put this here seeing as I don't mean to like, hijack a blog entry or anything, tee hee Laughing out loud
Irunn's picture

Quote:Mavis Beacon (Bacon?)

Quote:
Mavis Beacon (Bacon?) Teaches Typing.

That's how I learned. Super-old program that OWNS. It's so much fun.


I liked the grocery check out game xD

I generally only type with my

I generally only type with my forefingers but when I'm on a roll I throw in other fingers as well. :3
ShadowsofLight's picture

I don't really have set

I don't really have set fingers for keys like you're supposed to, but i do technically use all ten at random points, depending on the words that I'm typing, though i tend to favour my left hand...which is a bit weird since I'm right handed...

checked: I type roughly 72/73 words a minute.

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Tuhka's picture

I use three fingers when I

I use three fingers when I type, the first and middle finger for letters, thumb for the space bar.
Never taken a typing lesson, pff maybe that's why I'm so slow at typing skdfhsd.

I use my middle finger, ring

I use my middle finger, ring finger and thumb when I type. Sometimes I also use my little finger if I have to press several buttons at the same time. xD (can't think of any examples right now, but I know that I do it sometimes)
I never use my index finger.

All my fingers are used when

All my fingers are used when I type.

My thumb for the spacebar. My smallest finger for Ctrl.
My first and middle fingers for all the letters. And my ring finger is for Caps lock.

:D
nuevapaz's picture

I type with ONE finger on

I type with ONE finger on each hand. Although occasionally I will use two when pressing shift for capitals or other things. But I can still type pretty quickly anyway. Mostly because I know the keyboard well enough that I don't have to search for keys and can pretty much find what I want without really looking at the keyboard. This way is just much easier for me than the "correct" way of typing.
~*Paz*~

Sithrim's picture

I didn't really know until I

I didn't really know until I typed this... okay, I only use my indexes hahaha. And the ring one to delete or the backdelete thingie.


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Serenai's picture

I use about the same.

I use about the same.
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SilverBells's picture

I only use my two index

I only use my two index fingers and I type fast. *shrug* My hands just never could really use ALL it's fingers at once like you're MEANT to. That's also part of the reason why I couldn't play the piano when I tried to take lessons. lol


gone's picture

I don't type as the tutorials

I don't type as the tutorials tell me to |D but I still use all five fingers, my pointer the most.