Poll: How good are you at typing?

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D_987

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Pacman_69_42 said:
ur poll makes no sense
Your poll makes no sense.

At least use the basic English language... and it does make sense if you'd read the OP.
 

Markness

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The Poll probably should have been wpm instead of finger usage as people who use the same number of fingers can vary greatly in typing speed, I can do at least 40wpm but I only use 2 fingers on each hand + pinky for enter or something.
 

Kif

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It's my job to type, I'd be screwed if I wasn't able to do it efficiently. I type very lightly though a pianist's touch, some of the other engineers around me type really loudly.
 

PetreX

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http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6728/72wpm.jpg

I just randomly entered a typing site, and loaded up a test. I do remember being able to type around 80-85wpm when typing long texts, and I guess I could do better in Romanian, my national language. Maybe we should all use that site in order to actually give some proof of our typing speed.
I use all of my left hand fingers, but only 3 of my right hand. I use a QWERTY keyboard. I have a friend using a differend keyboard layout, and whilst he could only type at around 30wpm on QWERTY, he quickly jumped to around 50wpm on that different layout.
Also, as a random fact - some of you may know this - the QWERTY keyboard layout was set up the way it is, so that it would discourage fast typing. The old type-writers would jam if one were to make fast inputs, so the QWERTY was designed.
 

Kajt

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I use all my fingers. All 5.
And I just took that typing test and my results are:
Net Speed: 61 WPM
98% Accuracy
Gross Speed: 62 WPM
 

ThirdFunk

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I use all of my fingers, except from my right hand thumb. My left thumb is always used for pressing space. I never look down at the keyboard when just writing text.

My results from http://typingtest.com/
Net Speed: 62 WPM
Accuracy: 97%
Gross Speed: 63 WPM

Cajt said:
I use all my fingers. All 5.
Hahah, so you have only 5 fingers, but write as fast as I do. Well done ;-)
 

PetreX

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The infamous SCAMola said:
Is there a test or something to determine your wpm?
Just try a "typing speed" search on Google. Several sites will pop up.
 

Major_Sam

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I can type with all my fingers but mostly use the main three and my thumb. I only use my right hand pinky for brackets and such. My left pinky doesn't do much except stop and start time.
 

ParkourMcGhee

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I type with all five fingers on my left hand but I don't have any use of the thumb on my right (the pinkie sometimes operates the left right up down buttons).

I can even type with my elbows!

However I start typing badly unless I'm looking at the keyboard for some reason, guess I'm just used to looking down. This means my WPM is fairly low compared to my friends :(.

The infamous SCAMola said:
Is there a test or something to determine your wpm?
Yes, on facebook there's an app for it.