How did you guys learn to type?

[lani100]

Basic question how did you guys learn to type ( with 10 fingers without looking)

I learned it in school when I was 10 it was an extra course but glad I signed up for that

Also what kind of keyboard do you prefer? At home I have a Mechanical Corsair K70 and at work I prefer the crapy Dell ones

 

I can type pretty fast on a normal keyboard but on phones I'm slow as hell and I can barely type on a phone with a physical qwerty keyboard.

[iNothing]

Practice?

[Manny Calavera]

2 fingers without looking

i can do with 10 but i am slow

learned on internet with some program

[0s4x]

With a keyboard.

 

 

Ok, serious answer time. Instant messenger programs with friends. It was really painful for them (or so one or two told me) while I learned, but that's their problem. 

[UselessBread]

I learnt touch typing when I came to uni and decided to switch to the Dvorak layout.

Also I prefer 60% keyboards with MX Blues.

My WPM is really shitty though, I blame trilinguality.

[Paralectic]

Just type and you'll learn.

[brownninja97]

Well i once got up to  all fingers typing but then i broke my pinkie in a football game, then it felt too inbalanced to use 5 fingers on one hand and then 3 on the other one i was demoted to 3 fingers per hand, ive never really got up to the caliber of my typing speed again since that accident its too bad however but everything is slightly slower then before but not too much.

[calarahil]

Was an elective class back in 7th grade. Took a keyboard class on of all things apple computers. I think over time it just became more natural the goal for my class was something stupid like 40WPM but that is just stupid easy to hit. My fastest is just under 140 WPM now well at least with the wapsilon.com test. I'm sure with more crazy words or sentences formatted it would be quite a bit worse then 140 probably 80-120. In my opinion I believe once people have there home row key down at least with the QWERTY format they are pretty much good to go. 

[JAKEBAB]

just typing often im still not very good or efficent and i can only hit letter keys and stuff cant do numbers very well and sure as hell cant do f keys

[Markova]

typing in messengers and I in school I was heavily involved in literature. sometimes I had to write a few dozen pages in really short time. so I got faster and faster. I never learned the propper 10 finger style but my selftought 10 finger typing is similar to the correct one. I prefer mx blues

[technovore]

I can't......I use auto-completion when programming....

[Psykomantis00]

I was in a typing class since elementary school until high school when they finally realized I didn't need to learn to type any more.

[Charger]

video games is how i learned to touch type however I don't really do it right as i use all 5 fingers on my left hand and 3-4 on my right depending on what I'm typing.

 

if I'm typing a few pages by the end i am using all 10 fingers but it takes me a page or two to get back into that

[ZetZet]

I can't use 10 fingers more like 4-5, but it's fast enough  :lol:

[Jvagle875]

Just typing... Although I don't really use the home row. My hands move quite a bit when typing... I probably use about 7 fingers on average. Just whatever is most convenient. I'm not really so sure that using my pinky finger is any faster than just slightly moving my hand so that I can use my index finger.

[tobben]

i learned by doing, which is why im doing it wrong, i use 3 fingers on the left hand and only 1-2 fingers on my right hand, so sometimes i lose track of where my right hand is because i don't have my fingers on the keyboard to feel where i am, i only use my right hand correctly because of gaming taught me how to rest my hand on the proper keys, as for the keyboard i don't know because i currently don't have a keyboard that i like.

[techswede]

By just typing. Starting out with the index waltz and adding more fingers as i got used to it.

I also started on a membrane. So now that im using Cherry MX reds i can type almost twice as fast

(Not right now though... My K95 is in that horrible state of limbo.. The 2 day drying period where i won't know if it works or not until i can plug it in again... Shrodingers K95 i guess)
Now im using all 10 fingers all the time. But if i switch to a different keyboard where the layout is even slightly different my typing speed is halved..

[AlwaysFSX]

I was plopped in front of a computer at one, typing came with ease after doing it for so long.

[Phage]

Year 9 and 10 w/laptop

Pref Cherry browns

[DSPhat]

I mostly just taught myself how to type after consulting an ancient typing guide. Just remembered where the fingers are supposed to go; now my typing is really just muscle-memory, last time I tested myself I got around 120wpm.

[elkenrod]

fff jjj fff jjj fff jjj fff jjj

asdf jkl; asdf jkl;

 

Middle school keyboarding class... but shout outs to Mavis Beacon as well.

[LogicalDrm]

My parents tried to taught me 10 finger style with old DOS software. I also practised with typewriters. Pretty new ones since that was around -98. But I've learned to type fast with messengers and Runescape. And later with IRC. English is pretty fast, Finnish is even faster with fewer typos. I like this keyboard and old IBM styled ones. Its pure pain to type with laptops.

[LarsReviews]

I started using computers very early. Now I can type with 10 fingers with out thinking about it. I The only trouble I have is switching between german and usa layout.

This is probably just like learning a language. Just try to talk (type) and after a year you can do it.

[Voigt]

Like many others, I self taught myself 10 finger typing, by using instant messaging.

 

Also I am a heretic, I actually prefer my Rouberkeys from my Logitech Internet 350 Keyboard over Mechanical Keyswitches.

[Markova]

I started using computers very early. Now I can type with 10 fingers with out thinking about it. I The only trouble I have is switching between german and usa layout.

This is probably just like learning a language. Just try to talk (type) and after a year you can do it.

there is not such a big difference. why would you need a year for loosing üäöß and switch y and z`? I need about 2 hours to change üöäß with Č, Ć, Š, Ž and Đ when I change from german to croatian.