Originally posted by WPRESTO As I've commented before, frequently in fact, when it comes to typing I have two left feet and both of them are all thumbs, I'm a clumsy typist, and incompetent proof-reader, and a creative speller. I took remedial spelling several years in grammar school, but i defeated their efforts completely. Realistically, part of my problem typing is that my fingers don't keep pace with my brain, so I think I've typed something because my head is thinking four or five words ahead of what my fingers are doing, but actually my fingers have skipped a word by trying to catch up to what I'm thinking. I also find my fingers fouling up double letters, so "foolish" is typed "follish." Then sometimes my mind whirls back and thinks my fingers failed to type something, especially a small word, so I will type: "a view from the the window of our room." That's finger stuttering. I know their, there and they're, but that doesn't keep my fingers from speedily typing the one they enjoy doing. I can foul up the text of a post for PF in more ways than I'd care to innumerate.
I know the brain-ahead-of-fingers syndrome, I have it. too. Actually I am an excellent speller, ordinarily, but clumsy fingers (and crappy laptop keyboard) often put the lie to that. On a good keyboard I can pound out a lot of text in short order, with few blips, but on this miserable little chiclet monster, I find I have to go back and correct more little oopses than I like.
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Originally posted by ivanvernon I hated my keyboard too until I got a Cherry. The Cherry keyboards are like the old-fashioned IBM keyboards--durable, dependable to the touch, a tactile delight. These keyboards are a delight to an old manual typewriter typing champion--once typed 130 words per minute in a high school district typing contest on an old Royal manual typewriter, only losing to another guy who typed 142 wpm! I have a heavy touch, and need a typewriter with enough key resistance to stand up to my typing. I can pound away at my Cherry keyboard, made in Germany, to my heart's content. Mine is the model MY3000, and I love it. No more keyboard problems for me. Just google "Cherry keyboard" and solve all your keyboard problems (except dealing with the connecting cord).
Thanks for that recommendation, I'll check it out if I ever get a desktop machine to connect it to. I have a heavy touch, too, I like the tactile feedback of those kinds of keyboards. Never took a typing test (actually never took a typing class), but I think my speed is much above average, with a good keyboard. All bets are off on this laptop, though. Sort of self-taught, spent years and years doing writing and editing (magazine articles, newsletters, several books, blogs, etc. etc.). Would have been a lot more difficult without a good keyboard, fortunately I was able to persuade the employer du jour that I needed to select the right one for myself.