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I'm in my 50s. I don't know anyone who has ever been taught to type.

I learned touch typing as a result of MSN messenger, in the dark, with a keyboard that would slide under the desk. I think phone contracts have resulted in a lot of people younger than me not being able to touch type.

My cousin types far faster than me, and he credits Typing of the Dead for that skill.

Shifting of focus (eyes to keyboard then back to screen) can slow you down a lot. With computers I just stare at the keyboard and type. Problem with this is when something happens on the screen and the cursor is no longer where I think it is.
What I hate is the forced use of the mouse. Either make it all mouse or all keyboard navigable. In fact, with people having to use screen readers, all forms need to be keyboard navigable.

I taught myself a personal typing style, because I found touch typing to be awkward, unpleasant and quite frankly shitty to follow.

So yeah, not okay with the implications that not knowing those lines means not knowing how to type.

The best typing training I ever got was IRC. You had to learn to type fast or some idiot wouldn't know how wrong he was.

This definitely prepared me for a career where 90% of my interaction with coworkers is via chat.

I need a new keyboard. Those little nubs are worn off mine and I'm constantly putting my fingers on the wrong keys unless I keep looking down at it.

The last keyboard I built, I went with blank keycaps to force myself to learn to fully use the keyboard without looking.

Is anybody gonna tell this oblivious 30 year old who's not particularly bad at typing what the lines are for?

I grew up with a computer in the 80s and for years i would stare at the keyboard while mentally keeping track of what I was typing.

I took keyboarding in middle school and learned to touch type but it took years of practice to break the habits I formed as a child.

Now I'll be typing something and my husband will walk in so I'll pause and look over to see what he needs. One time he said "don't stop on my account" so I started typing again while staring at him.

I can hold a full conversation while doing this but have to slow down to around 60wpm to avoid transcribing the conversation.

That's the nipples. You rub em and the keyboards like 'hey fj r over here!'

As my 13yo would say, "why? I can just voice to text"

Just showing off, excuse me

They don't teach typing anymore. Which is like. Makes zero sense.

I see college kids typing out essays with two index fingers.

No one learns typing unless forced. It's super boring.

They need to make it mandatory in public schools. Or future generations will be unable to type properly.

I learned it back in like 8th grade or something.

People look at me like I'm taking crazy pills when I bring up The Typing of the Dead. Literally House of the Dead with a keyboard. You type or you die. It brings that Dark Souls energy to Mavis Beacon's doorstep.

As a blind computer user I'm shocked at how many people forget touch typing exists. I learned earlier than most, by necessity, and didn't have to take the then-mandatory keyboarding classes in middle school.

I was never told, but I always assumed it was to orient yourself without looking, and that's where the index fingers go when hands are resting on the keyboard.