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Oh on! my boss is coming.;P
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Even better, assign Alt+Tab to an auxillary mouse button (I use the small thumb button on the MS Intellimouse Explorer). That way you just hit the button, saving a precious few milliseconds over having to get your fingers in position for Alt+Tab.
You just have to make sure that the IDE is the next window in order after your (browser|RSS reader). 
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Michael Dunn wrote:
That way you just hit the button, saving a precious few milliseconds over having to get your fingers in position for Alt+Tab.
Amateur!! You should have your left hand resting on the ALT+TAB buttons all the time when 'taking a break'. I always browse one handed anyway...
What would happen if you were forced to use a machine where your rodent didn't have thumb buttons? These are skills no programmer should be without.
Michael Dunn wrote:
You just have to make sure that the IDE is the next window in order after your (browser|RSS reader).
That has bitten me more times than I can remember. I usually get caught out if I have selected an IM window and then opened a browser over the top of it so I forget it's next in the list, then get caught in a frantic ALT+TAB frenzy trying to get rid of the half dozen windows that suddenly appeared over my IDE. 
Putting the laughter back into slaughter
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When i worked in an office (I'm now freelance working from home  ), I always mapped my middle mouse button to minimise. It made more sense to me than alt+tabbing, since this might not cover up the offending program!
Cheers,
Paul
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If it is my usual desktop keyboard then I'm pretty fast (although the backspace key still gets used a lot).
However, put me infront of a strangers keyboard or even on my laptop keyboard and my speed slows down and the mistakes increase.
That's the problem with not looking at the keys when you type.
Michael
But you know when the truth is told,
That you can get what you want or you can just get old,
Your're going to kick off before you even get halfway through.
When will you realise... Vienna waits for you? - "The Stranger," Billy Joel
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Same problem here. I use a natural keyboard at home and at the office and have a lot of trouble on other types. Of course, the knarled fingers don't help!
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Same here. The thing that most affects my typing speed, I've found, is how easy the keys are to press. I hate keyboards where you have to push hard on the keys when typing.
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My keyboard is half-broken. The right shift key doesn't work properly anymore 
It dramatically slows my typing !
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I agree. And if it is one of those darn natural keyboards I am down to hunting an pecking. Another thing that slows me to a crawl is if some of the keys are in non standard places.
John
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This is soo true. I type quickly, and the Backspace is used very frequently.
However, on my friends computer, his backspace is in the wrong place, and I can't type anything on his keyboard.
Aaron Eldreth
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yeah true, i get pretty much screwed up when i am typing on a laptop keyboard.
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I used to be able to type very fast on my old ThinkPad... but the new one has a poor quality keyboard. I still got over 75wpm on it, though.
Personally, I love the classic old IBM clicky keyboard. Not to mention those things are built to last a thousand years. And for some odd reason people give them away, so you can find them in thrift shops for $1.99 quite easily!
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Passed from 2finger "pecker" to 32wpm quickly (my actual avg speed)thanks to the soft on the link.
I expect to reach 40wpm, at least... then i'll be happy
Why more then that?
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>Why more than that? (40 WPM)
I type at 60-70 WPM, and it shaves vital minutes off my day!
Paul
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Just kidding. 
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Wow! How many "bugs" do you code while typing so fater ?
isn't it better to type slower and reflect?
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Actually the main problem I have is burning through so many keyboards.
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I would have expected there to be less people at the lower end though. Perhaps the test was flawed in that there were insufficient semi-colons and no brackets whatsoever.
"You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar
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--Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
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I (re)taught myself to type using the Dvorak keybord[^] loyout a few years ago. It was excruciating when I was learning it, but I'm glad I did. It seems a lot easier on my hands/wrists.
Anyone else as dumb as me?
[edit] by the way, I'm about 50 wpm 96% [/edit]
Josh
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You are not alone, I also uses the Dvorak keyboard layout. My speed is about the same as yours.
One of the major drawbacks about typing with Dvorak is shortcuts no longer works (but a mouse with many buttons helps)
JY
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That was the big drawback for me too. Any keys that you hit without your fingers on the home row are hard to get at unless you paint on the Dvorak letters or something. I ended up just memorizing Ctl+"I", Ctl+"B", Ctl+">" etc. 
Josh
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I've been using Dvorak for almost 4 years. The first few weeks were slow, but I found it easy enough to learn. I too think that it's easier on the hands and wrists. And I can crank out ~50 wpm no problem.
I also like the extra 'security' it brings, as it's virtually impossible for someone to jump on my machine and start typing away (unless they know the keyboard shortcut to change to QWERTY)
I highly recommend anyone who plans on programming long term to give it a try, given that your fingers only move a third of the distance as opposed to QWERTY. If you are going to be typing all your life, that's a lot less wear and tear on your body.
Or stick with the layout designed to make you type slower and pay the price...
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rightgit wrote:
given that your fingers only move a third of the distance as opposed to QWERTY
Maybe if you code only in VB and therefore don't need any punctuation other than . and ,
In C you hit Shift a lot (CapitalizingWordsInVariableNames) and use non-alphabetic symbols all the time, none of which (aside from semicolon) are on home keys in either layout. In fact, in Dvorak, semicolon isn't on a home key, so you'll be reaching more (although after a few months you'll have a really well-developed left pinky)
--Mike--
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something like 10 to 20 lines of code a day if you average SLOC over a projects life. I couldn't find the article that supports this, but I remember hearing it somewhere.
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yeah thats "of code"
and the reason why is that its supposed to be "fully documented"
*chortle*
Bryce
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