How do you type?

[Clod 8,294]

I don't really know. I seem to type in some way I'd have to record to really understand. I use all 10 fingers but not in the way that is "normal". I really had to teach myself how to type before my school tried teaching it to everyone. After 7-9 years, I type the way I do and I don't think it would be easy to change. I even tried typing the "normal" way as my school taught, keeping my fingers on the middle row on asdf and jkl; but I can't do that without slowing down.

[SFyr 1,982]

One of the major things I am forever thankful for, is that my mother made me pick up typing as a child. I'm currently sitting somewhere between 50-80 WMP I think, but it's still been a boon almost every day of my life. I spend a ton of time on the computer, and there were even a few classes where I took notes on my computer--which wouldn't have been possible honestly, or at least feasibly useful, unless I could pick up and put down words as quickly as I can.

"Hunt-and-peck" would've just been crippling by comparison. Honestly, I'm even considering taking programs back up to bring my WPM even higher, and seamlessly use 'special' characters, since I'm studying computer science/programming in college.

[gone~ 614]

You know, I've never really payed attention to it, but looking at my hands now I seem to use mostly my left hand, with only the index finger of my right hand. And for my left hand I mostly use my index and ring fingers (with my thumb for the spacebar). I am still able to type at a decent speed without having to look at the keyboard much, though.

[Thuja 3,659]

I cherry pick at my keyboard, I find it easier to do than use all my fingers.  My mind just goes everywhere when I try.

[Vinyl Scratch (Filly)™ 936]

I use all my fingers, but not my thumbs. I also type extremely fast, and can even go without my eyes open

[SparklingSquirrels 21,341]

I guess other? I type with most of my fingers, but not all.

 

I can't type very well without looking at the keys, but I don't really care.

[Lisa 5,553]

I use my index, middle and ring fingers to type on both hands. Also, I don't really follow the rule of "Left hand on ASDF and Right hand on GHJK." I use my left hand for Q, W, A, S, Z, E and X. And the rest for my right hand.

Edited February 28, 2015 by Flitter

[Lightwing 12,970]

I use both of my hands to write,but I've never really noticed which keys do i use when I write,as weird as it sounds.

[Lazarou 21]

Since I can't vote yet, I'll be verbal-ish.

 

I usually do what I call a mix of "Cherry-pick" and "Proper," or home-row.  I do not use Home Row position, but I technically cherry pick with all of my handly appendages.

[MechanicalDoom 300]

I use my index fingers for pressing characters and the space bar and thumbs for shift and I can type very quickly with few typos :3

Edited February 28, 2015 by MechanicalDoom

[Yummychickenblue 301]

I type mostly the 10 finger way. I've gotten slower over the past year though. 

[Justin_Case001 4,885]

I press the keys with my nose.  I got some funny looks in my computer programming class, I'll tell you that right now.

 

In all seriousness, one of my friends is trying to learn to type with a different keyboard layout.  I think he said it's called "dvorak".  You know, as opposed to "qwerty".  The traditional qwerty keyboard layout was designed so that typewriter keys wouldn't clash with each other and get stuck and jammed, but it's not the best or most efficient layout.  Many other layouts have been proven to be more efficient and easier on the hands.  I'd love to learn, but sweet merciful Gandhi, that would be so friggin hard.  I just don't know if it's worth the effort.  And of course, at the moment, I don't think you can buy keyboards with any other layout besides qwerty.  You have to just use software to reassign the key functions, and then just remember them.  My friend uses a website for learning the dvorak layout.  As I understand it, once you click in or whatever, and begin the session, it reassigns the keys, and as soon as you exit, it's back to normal.  Pretty snazzy.

[SteffieMusings 295]

I type with all ten fingers. There are times when I type with one hand when I use my other to keep my spot on a document that I need to type.

[Buck Testa 5,505]

I use all ten fingers actually, cherry picking drives me nuts cause of how slow it is. I got myself a typing tutor program for my computer when I was a kid and worked my way up to an average 60 words per minute. Could never really push beyond that without having a slew of errors for whatever reason. 60wpm is still a respectable speed though.  

[Azure Envy 1,092]

Touch typing, all ten fingers.

[TheDashingRainbow 134]

When typing messages such as this one I type using all my fingers. But when I type short messages, such as a quick reply, I will type with five fingers on my right hand and use my left hand to press the shift key when needed.

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,302]

Are thumbs considered fingers?  Those things just rest on the space bar anyhow. xD  I use all of my definitely-fingers to type; including my pinkies.  I learned to type many years ago, and I'm a fairly quick and accurate typist (unless my fingers are frozen LIKE NOW).

[Denim&Venöm 18,900]

Kind of a hybrid style. I've got my hands in the home row position, yet primarily use my pointer fingers to type and hit the spacebar w/ my thumbs. It's actually pretty fluid.

 

I'm surprised I passed my computers classes with how many times I flunked out of the typing tutorial program. 

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,259]

I cherry pick. I cannot type using the 10-finger method because I find it really uncomfortable for me. I have my typing speed to make up for it though.

[Bird Mom 900]

I have to type with all ten fingers. It's how I have been taught in all of my lessons of keyboarding throughout the years. At least since middle school I've typed like this. I used to type with semi-Cherry Pick and semi-Ten Finger. It was some weird and demented looking method. But I currently type with Ten Finger Method.

[SCS 7,537]

I type the traditional way using all 10 fingers and have for years. I can currently get up to around 120 - 150 WPM with minimal errors.

[Odyssey 5,716]

I cherry pick myself. But sometimes, I use my thumbs usually for buttons located at the bottom, such as the space button. I'd like to learn how to use all ten fingers when typing, though.

[Gernia 691]

I use most of my fingers when typing, so it's not cherry-picking, but it's also not quite using all of the fingers.

[Rasydan 43]

I use the three long finger and thumb(for space)(Left hand). For right hand,I only use the index finger.

Edited March 21, 2015 by Rasydan_99

[Technous285 40]

It's called hunt-n-peck, not cherry pick.

Not that it matters half the time, since it is just un-bloody-natural to touch-type for regular day-to-day typing anyway.

 

Mind you, I learnt to use the Arrow Keys to move in FPSes before WSAD (not WASD, W/S A/D. Forwards/Back Left/Right) became the industry standard and long before I learnt how to write let alone type.

When it came to doing the typing lessons in Computer Studies in Years 9/10 (2002/2003) the teacher quickly gave up on trying to force me to "touch-type" when he noticed I was much faster and accurate using my variant of hunt-n-peck where I mix between index & middle fingers for rapid keystrokes and my hands freely and naturally flow over the keyboard, using pinkies for shift/ctrl/alt and thumbs/middles for spacebar depending on how often the keys I hit are close to the spacebar before/after it's needed.

 

That's also combined with the fact I keep my eyes on WHAT I'm typing as I'm typing and not what I've typed (aka: eyes on keyboard and not on the screen), since I'm faster at picking up errors right as I've typed them than I would be if I had to wait for the keystrokes to be registered by the software and system, and most errors I do end up making tend to be due to key-rollover as I'm typing as I think.