Hi CJ. The initial appeal to me of touch typing was just as you described - I liked not having to hunt for te next letter. I did well at immediately finding the next letter I wanted. Unfortunately though, I seem to be missing the letter on the first try more often now than I used to. I'm also intrigued by the thumb thing. Will try that when I've more time.
Jeremiah On 5/21/12, Rob Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > Depends if the tapper is likely to hit the edge of the screen, then we have > to swap or change angle dramatically, and have to do a certain amount even > when touch typing as control type keys need it regardless. - shift, return, > More numbers/letter/other, etc. > > But a recent theme about double thumb typing offered an interesting > deviation in which case covering half the kb each, the appropriate thumb > hunts and the other taps, and vicerVersa. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeremiah Rogers" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 5:35 PM > Subject: Re: typing on the phone > > > One question for you split tappers, any tips for when to switch the > duties of fingers? Do you have certain letter combos, certain words, > etc where you just know you're tapper will become the hunter? Just > having sent a couple texts with the split tap method, that's the only > thing that seemed odd. > > I've learned much from this typing discussion. Initially, I loved the > touch typing method, but it seems to me that iOS has gotten less > responsive, even across hardware, than I remember it being when I got > my first iOS device most of two years ago. It may just be my > expectations, but I remember touch typing faster, and more accurately, > when I got that device than I can now. Prompted by this thread, I'm > trying out the split tap method and am quite intrigued. > > Jeremiah Z. Rogers > Mobile: 704-996-5334 > Email: [email protected] > > > On 5/19/12, Jane <[email protected]> wrote: >> I've found that typingwith both index fingers in portrait work using touch >> typing works reallly well. I'm not a whiz at it, but it's working. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On May 19, 2012, at 5:29 AM, Rob Harris wrote: >> >>> Ok, just trying this thumbs thing, so got the phone sideways, so hand >>> over >>> the one main speaker outlet; so couldn't hear it. Moved hands a bit, >>> now >>> doesn't hold very comfortably; but got a text donein the end. Once you >>> learn a thing one way, there needs to be a darned good motivation to undo >>> it >>> and learn it another. >>> >>> RobH. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Holly" <[email protected]> >>> To: "VIPhone" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 2:09 AM >>> Subject: Re: typing on the phone >>> >>> >>> I usually type with my thumbs, but sometimes with my right index >>> finger. I became accustomed to typing with my thumbs while using a >>> querty keyboard on an android. I have used a home row on a computer >>> since age nine, so learning to locate keys with my thumbs was not too >>> hard. I am not very fast, but it works. 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