Some people will naturally type faster than others because of their genetics, long fingers make typing harder since they get in the way. Typing speed doesn't matter for programming and is just for show.
How can I type faster Zig Forums...
Gabriel Smith
Asher Baker
right shift, never
right ctrl, sometimes but should use it a lot more
alt-right, always
Justin Ramirez
My actual typing technique is terrible and I got 70 wpm, on a setup that makes everything even worse, and it was a pretty weak first try. Not a whole lot of space here, so my keyboard is on the left, which is not ideal. It tends to make me use mostly my index fingers (this is a bad habit of mine overall, but this keyboard makes it worse). I still didn't look at the keyboard at all, and I did it in the dark anyway so it wouldn't matter. If I am this terrible and I still beat you by quite a bit, you are definitely not fast. My advice would be to just keep typing and try to do it quickly and you will eventually get better. Still, you should probably try to do it the right way now. Changing your ways is a lot more difficult when you have a lot of practice, and in my case, I have decades of experience doing it wrong. Technique definitely matters. When I use my other computer, I type a lot more traditionally and it does feel better. Might be faster as well.
Never, I only use the menu key. I would just get rid of everything else. That reminds me that I have quite a few ideas for a keyboard design. I wish I had a 3D printer and maybe good switches that are still in production, but I am too poor and unemployed to buy one and good switches aren't even made anymore except buckling springs (Unicomp still makes them, but doesn't sell them separately as far as I know). I have been using the same cheap rubber dome keyboards for more than a decade. They are okay, and reliable as hell, so I guess I can't complain too much, but my design is definitely better.
One of the things that I would change would be to move the numpad to the left. That's where it should be. It wouldn't get in the way at all if it was there. Then again, the numpad wouldn't even necessarily be part of my keyboard, it would just be a detachable module and the keyboard itself would have USB ports on both sides. A trackball module could be cool too, on the right. It would make the whole thing a lot more symmetrical. A mouse is more precise, though, but having the option would be nice. Oh well, just another wasted idea. I have plenty of them. Hopefully I will be able to do it eventually, though.
Thomas Ortiz
Type faster!
Brandon Bennett
I heard the kalih box switches are good. As of your numpad idea, it exists in the form of an external numpad. Trackball module doesn't really make sense unless you put it near the space bar.
Ian Ross
This, once you're fast enough to compose yourself at approximately speaking rate you're more than fast enough.
Spending that time learning something new rather than getting better at secretarial skills like typing is where it's at.
Josiah Gomez
Adam Allen
Related to this you ever use your numpad with the Numlock turned off?
I needed to for the first time today. Needed to be able to quickly select things with mouse and hit delete key. Realized I could keep a thumb on (.)Del and rest of hand on mouse and do both things with one hand.
William Scott
If you touch-type properly then you obviously use the modifier key opposite the hand hitting the key being modified. But how would you know that.
Parker Martinez
You're saying we should be using the right Ctrl key for Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste, Select-All, etc.?