How do you type?

[LightRaider 148]

Hey guys, just a general silly question out of curiousity, how do you type? I personally type with all 10 fingers, and imo the correct way. I could not stand just typing with only 2 fingers, and is my #1 pet peve when somebody types like that.

[Starshine 16,333]

I can only type with my left hand, I use all five fingers. Most of the time I use the index and the middle finger. Thumb goes to the space and holding shift.

 

Can't really understand why others just love to use both of their hands to type things when one hand can do the same job while leaving the right hand standby on the mouse

[Retro*Derpy 3,182]

I use all my fingers, I hated when I used to "Cherry pick" it would take so long to type a single message, I rather use all my fingers to type over 70 words per minute, than 15 words per minute.

Edited October 20, 2012 by Retro_Derpy

[Lightning Fluttershy 1,844]

It took me a while but I finally taught myself how to type properly. I use all 10 fingers when typing.

[Lifehax 81]

I type in a unique way.

 

I type both with two fingers and different fingers. I basically use ....actually like 5 fingers.. in total........

 

YOONEEK, IS IT NAWT?

[LightRaider 148]

I can only type with my left hand, I use all five fingers. Most of the time I use the index and the middle finger. Thumb goes to the space and holding shift.

 

Can't really understand why others just love to use both of their hands to type things when one hand can do the same job while leaving the right hand standby on the mouse

 

that has got to be the most unique way i've ever heard anyone type.

[Key Gear 6,663]

Due to a certain issue that I have, I typically type using only three fingers on both hands. My typing speed takes a huge hit, but at least I can get away with doing that without having excess hand pains. To be honest though, I usually type with no fingers and no hands. Speech to text is a wonderful thing.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,306]

I'm actually a fairly good typist. My eyes are getting so bad that it really comes in handy now!

[I used to be a stranger 7,993]

I type very well. Thank you for asking. ^-^

[Demi 545]

I cherry pick with all mah fingers at the speed of light.

[Marshmallow 1,137]

I thought I used my 10 fingers to type, but I just realized that I don't really use all of them. Not even close actually. I only ever use two fingers from my right hand. I gotta work on my technique.

 

Here's a diagram of the fingers I use for typing

 

 

(I'm not sure why I actually spent time making this diagram haha)

Edited October 20, 2012 by Marshmallow

[NavelColt 22,879]

I can cherry pick, and still type fast enough to be eligible to fall into the category of 'touch typing', and type just as fast as a fast person, who uses all ten fingers.

 

Discord don't need no full ten fingers. *shades*

[Crystal Skull 53]

I use 10 finger. But I wouldn't call that the right way. Everyone has different right ways and wrong ways.

[be my waifu 2,842]

I use a mixture of both, I think. Sometimes I'll just randomly blank out and forget where a key is, so I have to look down and hunt for it.

[Veiled Enigma 389]

I don't cherry pick, but I don't use all of my fingers. I just can bring myself to using my pinkies, they feel very awkward when I even attempt to use them to type.

[Why-Gnome-Ear-Fifty 400]

Believe it or not, I actually use just my nose and my tongue while typing. It allows for more flexibility and higher speeds than cherry picking. Sometimes I can get up to 120 WPM if I've got an extra pimple on my nose! It also gives me a nice break from staring at a keyboard instead of a screen, increasing the lifetime of my eyes.

 

Yeah, don't believe it.

[Ink 191]

I type with my index and ring finger on each hand and use my left pinky to hold shift. It sounds really inefficient as compared to typing with all 10 fingers, but I have a WPM of 95 so it can't be that bad.

[Crutch 898]

I don't cherry pick, but I don't use all ten fingers either. I use all of my fingers except for my right pinkie, my left thumb, and my left ring finger. Weird...but it gets the job done.

[Naphthol 7]

7 finger method. no pinkies, and only one thumb - why would anyone being using both thumbs anyways?

 

I do use my pinkies when I need to use shift, ctrl, alt, tab, caps, enter, ect..

 

I took a typing class in highschool, which was pretty useful in hindsight - though I still don't use my pinkies at all. In all likelyhood because I'm never typing anything that requires great speed - still formulating what i'm even trying to say as i'm typing up a sentence, so great speed isn't of any use really. type sentence. pause and think. type next sentence.

 

the only use I can see for a full 9 finger method is in taking dictation from someone speaking. not somthing that I expect most people are going to encounter in 90% of keyboard usage.

Edited October 22, 2012 by Naphthol

[Pony Joe 583]

I'm getting close to being able to touch type with all ten fingers and have no typos, but get messed up whenever I explicitly think about it.

 

I was never taught the proper way to type with ten fingers, so my hands are quite mobile when I'm typing.

[khaine21x3 789]

It depends on what I'm doing but I prefer to type with just a few fingers whenever possible because it takes less brainpower to process.

 

I would use all 10 when I'm playing intense video games and I need to communicate with teamates.

Edited October 22, 2012 by khaine21x3

[Commander Urdnot 2,680]

I cherry pick, but I've been typing on keyboards all my life, and I know where most of the keys are.

 

On my laptop that I use daily, I can type 63 WPM easily. Even when I'm typing on a keyboard for the first time, I still crank out about 54 WPM.

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

I use both hands. Index fingers only for letters and numbers.

 

Right ring finger to handle the non-letter buttons on the right (enter, backspace, etc.)

 

Right index finger to handle the touch pad (on laptop).

 

Left hand tends to handle the far left letters while my right hand handles everything else (IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN).

[Dashstep 0]

I typically type with all ten fingers unless I am eating. Then, I mainly type with my left hand and eat with my right. I know it may not be common but, meh.

[miygaiya 138]

I type with both my hands, but I use my left thumb for space, and type with only my index, middle and ring fingers on my right hand. Sometimes my pinky will help, hitting the backspace key or, more commonly, enter, but still just sits there like a dumb.

 

I typed that at 90 wpm fyi. So I type fast, just not as efficient as other people :3