I do remember playing with, although not seriously using, typewriters; and I do remember unsticking hammers. I never got fast on a typewriter. I gained my speed first entering BASIC programs, then typing most of my uncle's doctoral thesis on an IBM AT.
I am amused that the guy who wrote the Alphagrip article thinks probably exceeding 50 wpm is acceptable. I would feel very constrained. I imagine he would too; he has the sound of a computerphile. If I could do more than 90wpm every time I try this test, he probably could too. On a QWERTY.
All that said, I have to admit that my refusal to switch is simply due to laziness, and the weirdness it would create if I had to have my own input device every different computer I used---and I use a lot of different computers.
And yes, Dvorak makes a lot of sense, but it's bad enough dealing with several different Mac and PC and other keyboard layouts, as I do every time I go to work. I've no desire to scramble my brain trying to remember which alphabet layout I'm using, too.
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I am amused that the guy who wrote the Alphagrip article thinks probably exceeding 50 wpm is acceptable. I would feel very constrained. I imagine he would too; he has the sound of a computerphile. If I could do more than 90wpm every time I try this test, he probably could too. On a QWERTY.
All that said, I have to admit that my refusal to switch is simply due to laziness, and the weirdness it would create if I had to have my own input device every different computer I used---and I use a lot of different computers.
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And yes, Dvorak makes a lot of sense, but it's bad enough dealing with several different Mac and PC and other keyboard layouts, as I do every time I go to work. I've no desire to scramble my brain trying to remember which alphabet layout I'm using, too.