Subj : Re: programming and typing To : comp.programming From : Scott Moore Date : Thu Sep 08 2005 12:19 pm David wrote: > On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 14:48:24 UTC, John Smith wrote: > > >>Settle an argument. How many professional programmers are touch >>typists? Does typing proficiency affect programming productivity? >> >>JS > > > I've been at the keyboard so long that touch typing is the norm. > It took a few years though. There is some improved typing > productivity, but it mostly just helps keeping my eyes on what is > being written. > > I positively hate two things about touch typing though: > > 1. Bill Gates/Apple and their respective Windows/Apple keys where > the space between the control and alt keys should be. > I perform a "winectomy" on my keyboards by poping the window key OUT, and thus disabiling it. I get tired of hitting that by accident, its useless, and canceling the resulting pointless menu takes extra keystrokes. > 2. User interface designers that simply don't understand that > constantly switching between keyboard and a pointer device > is not a good thing and they should make it easier to stay > on the keyboard (or perhaps the pointer device) longer than > just a couple movements. > > David Yes, because you are continually relocating your hands. The original excuse for this was that people can't type, and prefer the menu/mouse based approach (I've seen people who prefer navigating 5 menus with the mouse rather than stoop to typing a few keys). Don't get me started on double clicks. .