depends on the situation. in game i need to look at my fingers
Poll
Do you look at the keys when you type?
| Yes, all the time | 8% | 8% - 14 | ||||
| No, i can look at the screen without making mistakes | 43% | 43% - 71 | ||||
| A bit of both | 48% | 48% - 80 | ||||
| Total: 165 | ||||||
I only look at my keyboard when im about to deploy a parachute because its under my desk and i cant see it.
Dude to be honest i learnt to touch type at the age of 15. of course thats about the same time as i forgot how to spell
As I can too. At school when we're working on computers, my friend starts talking to me, I look over whilst typing and he just looks dumfounded. It's pretty funny...VeNg3nCe^ wrote:
I can type without looking at the screen.
Then my mom walks into my room, I look at her, continuing typing and all she can say is "What the?"
lol taht made me laugh i can just imagine it!E7IX3R wrote:
I only look at my keyboard when im about to deploy a parachute because its under my desk and i cant see it.
I took typing classes in school and much later trained as a typesetter so yeah, I can type without looking at the keys. The first typesetting system I learned on didn't even have a screen so you had to keep track of the coding in your head (this was just before the advent of WYSIWYG interfaces).
Most good typists can actually hold a conversation, watch TV etc. while typing since the conscious portion of the mind is not actually doing the work, your fingers are sorta going it alone. Although it's very impressive to non typists it's not that much different in principle to tuning the radio while driving which most people don't think twice about.
Most good typists can actually hold a conversation, watch TV etc. while typing since the conscious portion of the mind is not actually doing the work, your fingers are sorta going it alone. Although it's very impressive to non typists it's not that much different in principle to tuning the radio while driving which most people don't think twice about.
All by touch for me. No looking.
Yes, I do. English is my second language.
Errm well this is a question like others...Nah i dont need to check my keyboard when im typing...and i dont have time while playing FPS.
i gase at the keyboard acassionally, its a bit of both i'd say.
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nah seriusly i can but i make alot of mistakes
nah seriusly i can but i make alot of mistakes
how some poeple get killed.
It's just as I've always said, if you have a 1337 G4M3R K3YB04RD that has a backlight so you can see the keys while you play then you need to stop playing computer games.
To start typing I do, ofcourse....once you lose position you have to look at the keyboard again..
Ingame I only really look at it when I press 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 -you are critically wounded- DAMN CHUTE
Ingame I only really look at it when I press 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 -you are critically wounded- DAMN CHUTE
I learned how to touch-type at the age of 7 from a little Mac game called Mario Teaches Typing! By 7th grade I easily passed 90 words a minute, leading my computer lab monitor to believe I was hacking the Mavis Beacon program we used to measure typing speeds. Nowadays I'm in the 100-110 wpm range, maybe 120 if I want to break a sweat
Funny how after a year behind the QWERTY keyboard, I knew where every letter, number, and symbol was, but after a year of piano playing my eyes were on my fingers 99% of the time...Go figure.
Funny how after a year behind the QWERTY keyboard, I knew where every letter, number, and symbol was, but after a year of piano playing my eyes were on my fingers 99% of the time...Go figure.
Im the same...Oh and I still cant tuoch typewalyl135 wrote:
Dude to be honest i learnt to touch type at the age of 15. of course thats about the same time as i forgot how to spell
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