i don’t type capital letters
because fuck capitalism :3
That’s capitalisation. Capitalism is a philosophical view that the universe is solely based on randomness
Yes, I trained myself only to use opposite hand shift combinations. You can do this with a programmable keyboard, autohotkey, or karabiner.
So Left Shift+a doesn’t do anything, only Right Shift+a will output A
It was a exercise in getting better typing hygiene.
You shouldn’t be able to use the left shift key and hit “a” at the same time anyway as your left pinky should be used for both?
Yea, but the lazy way is to move the whole left hand to the right and pressing a with the ringfinger… Slower and a bad habit but I am doing it since I learned how to type
I think a good followup question for this one would be “Were you able to answer the question from memory?”
I couldn’t remember, so I had to do some typing to see. And based on the amount of visible keycap wear, I’d say they get used equally.
Yes, because I ran out of keys to bind in modded Minecraft.
Yes, I use both. Learned typing that way.
It’s funny, isn’t it? My mom made me take a typing class at the community college one summer - on IBM electric typewriters. This was before everyone owned game consoles, much less PCs. You’d think in today’s world, typing classes would be even more in demand, but are they? Do kids take typing classes in K-12?
I learned typing on a mechanical typewriter back in school. I thought it would speed up my typing on the computer, but actually didn’t, because what I did on the computer was programming, which is quite incompatible with ten-finger typing.
But nowadays it is actually helpful when I write texts, although I have to switch context quite often (reading the original text in one window, then switching to the editor to write the summary). Still faster than other peoples “eagle typing”: looking for the right key and descending on it with one finger.
I found the opposite. I’m a programmer, too, and still found touch typing to be a huge advantage. However, as with QWERTY, Dvorak isn’t optimized for some of the most common keys in programming: (), [], {}. But that’s OK, because since I started using QMK keyboards, all of those keys are now in a layer and on the home row.
Yes. Proper use of touch typing uses both shift keys. That’s how I type.
I touch-type, so yes.
No, I repurposed it as a nightstand
Only if I need to type a capital letter with one hand
Yes. I still use my computer for mostly writing, so proper technique includes using the Right Shift key when capitalizing anything on the left hand side of the keyboard.
Thank you for participating in our market research. The right shift key will now be replaced with a “Grok” key. Goodbye.
Nope
Right shift has gotta be my least used key. I actually don’t know if I’ve used it more than like 10 times in my life
Nope. I use left shift for everything.
Even if you do use both shift keys correctly, it still feels awkward to me since you have to sacrifice a pinky from home row and shift your hands.
It’s why I’ve been curious to try a layout where Shift and Alt are swapped, that way you can use your thumb to press shift and keep your fingers in place.
exclusively. i never use the left shift for anything other than running in games.
