tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post1550304838823279087..comments2023-06-25T11:24:57.244+01:00Comments on fairyhedgehog: Speed Trialsfairyhedgehoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-82140113021181527602008-08-07T08:37:00.000+01:002008-08-07T08:37:00.000+01:00Thanks Kevin.Every day I wonder if I'll keep going...Thanks Kevin.<BR/><BR/>Every day I wonder if I'll keep going with it or not because I get frustrated when I keep hitting the QWERTY keys. Then I type one of the words I know, like 'the' 'then' 'that' 'to' 'be' and I can see how much easier it's going to be if I manage to crack it, because the fingering is so much simpler.<BR/><BR/>I didn't know that about Braille.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-46194077680812111792008-08-06T23:44:00.000+01:002008-08-06T23:44:00.000+01:00Good luck with it. I enjoyed having a go with it a...Good luck with it. I enjoyed having a go with it a long, long time ago but reverted to QWERTY by lazy default (and back then it was damnedly difficult getting hold of a Dvorak keyboard.<BR/><BR/>Braille's infinitely easier on Dvorak.Kevin Musgrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472110857057175327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-16331729111745045002008-07-31T08:29:00.000+01:002008-07-31T08:29:00.000+01:00I don't know about more intuitive but it is easier...I don't know about more intuitive but it is easier to type common words on it without making mistakes. Or so I understand.<BR/><BR/>So far the only improvement is that I type 'the' and not 'teh'. <BR/><BR/>If you wanted to learn touch typing for the first time, I'd say give it a go.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-16680088198620230582008-07-31T02:33:00.000+01:002008-07-31T02:33:00.000+01:00I'm a terrible typist - I neevr learned, actually....I'm a terrible typist - I neevr learned, actually.<BR/><BR/>Is this keyboard more intuitive?<BR/>(Not that that would help me!)Robin S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03258459688300851984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-29875199986871687872008-07-30T17:50:00.000+01:002008-07-30T17:50:00.000+01:00I can tell that it's a much better system even at ...I can tell that it's a much better system even at this slow speed. <BR/><BR/>The trouble is that everyone learns QWERTY first, so I'm not going from hunt and peck to 18 wpm but from 40 wpm. <BR/><BR/>I have given in a couple of times and used QWERTY since starting but I'm trying not to as it will only slow me down.fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-35642477776091458742008-07-30T16:07:00.000+01:002008-07-30T16:07:00.000+01:00Good on you for giving this a go. If I remember c...Good on you for giving this a go. If I remember correctly, Stephen J Gould writes about the QWERTY keyboard in Bully For Brontosaurus, noting that it 'stuck' precisely because its keys didn't. Now we no longer have mechanical typewriter keys <I>to</I> get stuck, the only thing stopping us abandoning the less-than-good QWERTY solution is habit.Whirlochrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09846196906206886945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-21053605612021166632008-07-29T16:09:00.000+01:002008-07-29T16:09:00.000+01:00I thought I'd let you all share my pain!I thought I'd let you all share my pain!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8289273.post-5509113209778247872008-07-29T15:49:00.000+01:002008-07-29T15:49:00.000+01:00Ouch! That must be frustrating Although using fuzz...Ouch! That must be frustrating Although using fuzzmail to document it made me grin - what a clever idea!Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925593802209715440noreply@blogger.com