and your pinky finger on the right hand is no actually used. The great thing is that your biggest and strongest finger (the middle finger) is the one that is now hovering over the most common letter in the English language when it's in it's resting position. Semicolon is moved to the P key out of the way.
No space is wasted on the semicolon or any other punctuation character. That's the 6th, 1st, 5th and 4th most common letters in the English language. Look at those same keys on the Colemak layout and it's very different. It so rare that it's a total joke that it would even occupy a prime location on the home row. The most glaring example of this is if you look at the right hand side of the home position.įrom left to right that's the 24th most common letter in the English language, the 22nd most common letter, the 10th most common letter, and then a punctuation that is less common than any of the 26 letters in the alphabet and ranks a long way behind period, comma, apostrophe and question mark as the most common punctuation characters. Qwerty being designed to stop typewriters jamming is probably the most common one that you'll here.Įvery other keyboard layout that's available from Dvorak to Colemak and probably 50+ others all try to put the most commonly used keys in the home position ASDF and JKL and then put the less commonly used keys further away from these locations.įor these layouts learning to type using the home row method makes sense because the layouts are designed around the home row method. Just know that Qwerty was not designed with language in mind. These are known as same finger bigrams.Īlthough the Qwerty layout was finalised somewhere around 1873, I'm not sure if the home row method of typing was also around at that time. Once you have learned it you can then begin to experiment with alternative finger usage if you don't like typing letter combinations like DE or ED with with the same finger. Use less than 8 finger to press the 26 letter keys. Press spacebar with one of your fingers rather than one of your thumbs. It's a good idea because it will probably make you faster and more accurate if you currently: Has anyone unlearn a bizarre way of typing fast in favor of the home row method, and how do you feel about it? having a deliberately inefficient keyboard sucks, but what can we do? And obviously for the modern world and keyboard where we WANT to be faster. It also doesn't help that I'm aware of the origins of the QWERTY keyboard: it was meant for typewriters to SLOW down the typer since the typewriter would make errors if the typer typed too fast, so the QWERTY method was popularized as a format to SLOW the user. I realize I'm capping myself since there is a limit to how fast 4 fingers (essentially 2 since my index fingers are doing the letters) even with very fast fingers, but the home row keys method feels. And even with this bizarre way of typing with basically only 4 fingers ( 2 index and 2 thumb) I manage a typing speed of 60-80 wpm. As a gamer, having more of my left hand covering more of the keyboard works because so many games use the mouse which requires my right hand. The way I type is primarily with my two index fingers, left thumb over the space bar, and my right hand's index fingers handle most keys without thinking typically around the UJN side and other keys to the right. You have to type the exercise exactly as shown below.I've seen it so often and it's always recommended, but to me it feels and seems so awkward and inefficient even if you improve and get faster. This is the preliminary exercise, so take your time to find the most comfortable wrist and finger placement.
The letters shown below have extra spacing between them for readability, do not type spaces between them. Do the same action with your right hand, starting with your right pinkie finger on the key, then continue with the next finger on the L key, then the K key, then the J key.Ĭlick the DONE button (or press the ENTER key in some browsers) when finished. Continue with the next finger on the S key, then the D key, then the F key. Hold both your thumbs just above the SPACE BAR, avoid resting your thumbs on the SPACE BAR.īegin by moving ONLY your left pinkie finger (not your entire wrist), and strike the A key firmly. This exercise will reinforce HOME ROW KEY LOCATIONS.įirst we will practice the HOME ROW KEYS, which are in the middle row of the keyboard Ī s d f j k l place your fingers on these keys, starting with your left pinkie finger on the A key, and ending with your right pinkie finger on the key. If your keyboard layout is different, select
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