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[arethinn]

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Touch typing free

Hey, so I'm not just blowing smoke when I say I type at least 80 wpm and can get up near 100 if I'm really on a roll. That test purposely uses shorter, more common words, which I type more rapidly than longer ones.

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[jillypooh.livejournal.com]

Okay so I've been thinking for a while that I hate my keyboard and this confirms it. I have never been a fast typist but I only managed 32 words a minute. *headdesk* I have a mac so it's those smushed together keys. I have to look down at the keys regularly because they're placed funny. (Or that's my defense anyways *is sheepish*)

[elethian.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that Mac keyboards can be a trip-up. The "touch" of the keys is important to my typing speed. That one was on my work keyboard, which I don't like -- I wonder if I could do better at home. I especially hate the keyboards they ship with the newer iMacs, which are very flat and the keys are almost like typing on, I dunno, a flat membrane type of thing, like the controls on a microwave. They are springy, so it's not quite that bad, but I find my fingers hitting one another or something because they don't press down into the keyboard very far.