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Weak Typing — the Lost Art of the Keyboard

mikejuk writes "How do you type? Hunt and peck? Two thumbs? Touch type? Two thumbs touch type? For the first time since the computer was invented, the standard QWERTY keyboard is challenged by new ways of inputing text. And yet even the iPad virtual keyboard has two useless dimples on the F and J keys. Perhaps it isn't time to give up on the home keys just yet."

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  1. typing class in school by innocent_white_lamb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When I was in high school I learned to type on big manual Underwood typewriters in typing class. I also learned some other skills in that class that seem to be going the way of a lost art, such as how to properly fold a letter to fit into an envelope.

    In my opinion, typing class was the most useful class that I took in high school. I learned skills that I use literally every day.

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