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Damian Harrison (X)
Damian Harrison (X)
Germany
Local time: 22:30
German to English
Typing Jun 26, 2008

Learning to type sounds like a damn good idea! It's time I did that too - what is the programme and where could I find it?
 
Ivana Friis Søndergaard
Ivana Friis Søndergaard
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:30
Member (2008)
English to Danish
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One (two, really) of many Jun 26, 2008

I thought you all typed?

There are tons of them out there, but this one has good support for country specific keyboards:

http://www.typefastertypingtutor.com/

I find it quite addictive

There is also a Firefox add-in but ... See more
I thought you all typed?

There are tons of them out there, but this one has good support for country specific keyboards:

http://www.typefastertypingtutor.com/

I find it quite addictive

There is also a Firefox add-in but it hasn't been upgraded for the newest Firefox yet:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2828





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Daina Jauntirans
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Local time: 15:30
German to English
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Typing/keyboard Jun 26, 2008

I never learned to type properly, but somewhere along the way stopped looking at my hands.

Here is a rather expensive, but excellent suggestion for a keyboard to increase typing speed and reduce hand strain:

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/

I have the Kinesis Classic (ergonomic keyboard) and find I can type much faster on it without the hand strain that I used to have. The... See more
I never learned to type properly, but somewhere along the way stopped looking at my hands.

Here is a rather expensive, but excellent suggestion for a keyboard to increase typing speed and reduce hand strain:

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/

I have the Kinesis Classic (ergonomic keyboard) and find I can type much faster on it without the hand strain that I used to have. The main reason is the shape and the fact that the Ctrl, Alt, etc. keys used so often for shortcuts are located by the thumb - the strongest finger - rather than the pinky - the weakest finger. The company's keyboards are also programmable and come in Dvorak as well as QWERTY layouts, so the possibilities for optimizing your work are endless. Buying one of these was worth every penny, and it's still going strong after about 6 years. ▲ Collapse
 
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