Kevin: Sorry if I offended in any way; that was not my intention. I learned to type in high school. Typing got me a cushy job in the military. It got me extra money through college. When one learns to type two characteristics stand out; hands rest on the keyboard and eyes are generally looking elsewhere. Given this, it's understandable how two finger typing creates a certain "point of view." That was my point, which I so ineloquently made. Two finger typing doesn't create the same operating environment learned typing does (noted above). The environment of both realities are much different; hence I have no frame of reference of watching each keystroke I type (it is often when I press the [Enter] key and I hear some sound that alerts me to the wrong case). Hence, my comments were made from the reality of a typist. As for your challenge, I'd be happy to take you up on it where we pit one who types against one who doesn't to see who can type a printed document the fastest. There's a lot of literature regarding the vast improvement in efficiency of learned typists over those who can't type. That's a pretty unfair challenge. However, if your challenge is that you're a more effective programmer than me I'll have to concede (as I would to most on this list); I had to work too hard to get through college and have a very difficult time working in an OOP development environment. :-) So, I'll agree to concede that for two finger typists, the status of the [Caps Lock] is mostly irrelevant? While you can concede that for those who can type, and don't look at what they're typing too often, [Caps Lock] on can present a problem. Agreed? Bill
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin King Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [U2] blank lines in code / mixed case Bill, I followed you until this: * Upper case is an anachronism and should be treated as such rather than defended. It is unwieldy for far too many and, in fact, interferes with efficient typing at every turn. Forcing people to use [Caps Lock] in U2 while all other used applications require [Caps Lock] to be off is a egalitarian ruse for autocracy. :-) * While I understand this is intended to be slightly tongue-in-cheek, saying that it unequivocally "interferes with efficient typing at every turn" is quite possibly much more generalized of a statement than the discussion warrants. While I agree with your assessment about the mix of applications that we are using at any given moment which are using the caps lock in the off position, I find this to be a non-issue and rarely miss more than a couple of characters when switching between apps. For me personally, a couple of caps mistakes a week beats the thousands of times pressing the Shift key where I - notably a two-finger typist - have to get both hands involved. But rather than rely upon conjecture, why not actually test this theory? Let's setup a meeting at Spectrum where we each create a simple sample program using our case of choice, and we'll appoint an "official" timer to see which method produces the fastest results. Game? -K ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
