Russell L. Harris wrote: ... > When in High School (A.D. 1963) I learned to type (QWERTY), the > typewriters in the classroom had blank keycaps. A layout chart was > hung on the wall in the front of the room. We learned to "touch > type," and were able to reach 95 words per minute.
i flunked typing in Jr. High school, i had a problem with the teacher but also hated manual typewriters. little did i know that a handful of years later i'd be spending many hours in a computer lab typing on keypunches and other layouts. i ended up learning how to touch type, but it did take some time. but i did learn. i'm sure i've got my ten thousand hours or more by now. ... > And when touch-typing, the labels on the keycaps do not matter. All > my keyboards are standard QWERTY. true, i'm typing on a keyboard that has no visible labels on the keys unless i turn on the LED lights which shine through the keys to light them up. it helps that there are the bumps on the home row keys and the number 5 on the number pad. > In an office environment, the guy using Dvorak with a keyboard labeled > QWERTY has no worries about others messing with his computer. :) songbird
