Poll: How do you type?

[devotedsniper]

My hands tend to stay on the center line like there meant to but when it comes to reaching for other keys my hands become a blur as they move all over the place, i guess you could call it my own personal hybrid of the way i was taught, either way i use mainly my index and middle finger and thumb for space.

 

[WorldCritic]

I used to type just by poking at all of the keys with my index fingers, but over the past year I started typing with that method they teach you in school without even realizing it. Most likely because I just ended up adapting to it when I started writing.

 

[dancinginfernal]

I learned QWERTY on my own. I grew naturally to my keyboard.

 

[JasonKaotic]

There are typing classes? I never had any of those.
Well, I usually start by having my left fingers on A, S, D, F and my thumb on Space, my right fingers on K, O, [, ] and my right thumb also on Space, but when I start typing that arrangement completely goes away, my fingers just fly across the keyboard. I just seem to know where all the keys are off by heart, somehow. I can't recall where they are without a keyboard, but I can figure it out by moving my fingers in the air.

 

[V8 Ninja]

I seem to have some sort of weird stance where I keep my left hand hovering over the "ASDF" keys and I have my right hand in a position where my pinky is slightly above the "Shift" key, although I never actually use my pinky on the Shift key. It's very strange. And yet I still get quiet a good word-per-minute average though...

EDIT: I just noticed that I use my right index finger whenever I hit the space bar. Huh, that's bizarre...

 

[Hamster at Dawn]

I basically just use the search and poke method but I know where all the keys are by now so the "search" portion isn't really involved anymore. I actually use my middle fingers mostly - I don't know why, it's just developed that way. I could probably type faster if I learned how to touch type but as it is I can still type adequately fast and I make very few typing errors.

 

[Sarahcidal]

with only my index finger and middle finger on each hand.. i can type around 70+ wpm though and rarely look at the keyboard.. my friends dont understand how i do it lol

 

[Mikeyfell]

I have a custom typing method
It's mostly the proper way but I don't use my right ring finger. I really suck at hitting the o button

 

[Zeroandx]

I was never taught to type but I mainly use my index fingers, resting my fingers over the WASD keys.

 

[Mr. Gency]

I'll ether be typing with one hand (usually my right hand, but I'll use my left in... certain situations), or with both of my hands hovering above the keyboard.

 

[Unhappy Crow]

I type with my index fingers and my left thumb is used for the spacebar. I could never type with all four/five of my fingers because I just can't. Even after learning how to do it waaaaaay back in summer school during my elementary years, I still couldn't get use to typing like that.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

I use the home row technique. Never really have to look at the keyboard unless I make a typo or something.

 

[Aidinthel]

I mainly use my index fingers, though I hit the space bar with my right thumb, the shift key with my left little finger, and the delete button with my right middle finger.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

At rest it's on the middle row like you're supposed to use it, but I never got the hang of using my pinkie for anything except the backspace key and brackets. I rely more on my ring fingers.

So, mostly proper.

 

[GreyKnight3445]

i type with my index fingers. And i enjoy it.

 

[Lunar Templar]

with a keyboard?

as fore the mechanics, donno i just type (clearly)

 

[Auxiliary]

I only use one hand.

And the other hand does what, sir?

No comment.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

The index finger of my left hand, and the index and middle finger of my right hand. How? Don't ask.

 

[Cazza]

I type with the main 3 fingers of both hands. I believe my typing speed is average.

 

[GeorgW]

I type the way I type.
I never took a class, never even heard of them. I just type. I type quite quickly, with both hands and 5 fingers. I move my hands around, I don't centre them anywhere. I use my middle 3 fingers for letters and numbers, my pinkies for symbols and my thumbs for space, shift and such. It works for me.