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Do you push the spacebar with your left or right thumb? Both?
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Neither, ever. I almost always use my right index finger. Scratch that, make it 100% that finger.
I took the mandatory typing classes in elementary school, but I never learned to type correctly. I'm the sort of "hunt and peck" kind of typist, except there isn't really any hunting involved.
I probably should learn to type the correct way, but I'm up to 70 WPM this way, and I'm satisfied with that.
I took the mandatory typing classes in elementary school, but I never learned to type correctly. I'm the sort of "hunt and peck" kind of typist, except there isn't really any hunting involved.
I probably should learn to type the correct way, but I'm up to 70 WPM this way, and I'm satisfied with that. 
I'm left handed, and I actually had no idea which thumb I used.
However, I typed a few sample sentences, and it seems no matter what, I always use my right thumb.
However, I typed a few sample sentences, and it seems no matter what, I always use my right thumb.
I use my right thumb to press the space bar. I also never use shift to make an uppercase letter. I use capslock.
Typing teacher would be irritated
but I use whatever thumb's available (predominant right) but depending on the situation can just as easily go with any old finger. With all the Cmd-Shift-Alt combo contortions you need with Mac, you go with whatever's free!
but I use whatever thumb's available (predominant right) but depending on the situation can just as easily go with any old finger. With all the Cmd-Shift-Alt combo contortions you need with Mac, you go with whatever's free!
Always the right thumb. My left thumb just kind of hangs there not doing anything, hovering over my right thumb. My left hand makes up for it by being the only hand I use for shift.
I always press the space bar with my right thumb, probably because I type weird, I leave my right thumb on the spacebar, my left thumb just hovering over it (I never use it to hit space) and when I type I on my right hand I use everything but my thumb and on my left hand I only use my index and middle finger to type unless I'm hitting shift then I use my pinky finger.
Well it looks like the righties have taken the lead away from the lefties who were winning at the beginning. I wonder if it will even back out? Meanwhile the people who type "properly" with both thumbs are in the minority.
I wonder if it will even back out? Meanwhile the people who type "properly" with both thumbs are in the minority.
For some reason i seem to switch between every word i type
It doesn't even matter which is closer, they just seem to take turns....
It doesn't even matter which is closer, they just seem to take turns....
It seems to be all with the right thumb for me. I never even thought of it until this thing came up.
Dale
Dale
Back in the day when taking typing classes (on a typewriter ) it was taught to use the right thumb. Never broke that habit.
) it was taught to use the right thumb. Never broke that habit.
I press it with my right thumb... It's a lot more difficult to do it with the left--I just tried with this sentence, I couldn't do it!
I usually use the thumb on the same hand as the last letter I typed. I learned to type in typing class in the eighties using manual and electric typewriters. I am right handed.
Oftentimes I only use one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse, sometimes using the mouse left handed, sometimes right handed. Sometimes I type with my right hand while using my left on the (music) keyboard. Sometimes I'll type with everything but my right thumb when it's wet.
Oftentimes I only use one hand on the keyboard and the other on the mouse, sometimes using the mouse left handed, sometimes right handed. Sometimes I type with my right hand while using my left on the (music) keyboard. Sometimes I'll type with everything but my right thumb when it's wet.
I'm right-handed and left-thumbed. Interestingly, when I, just now, tried vigorously jiggling my fingers (while keeping my hands still) in mid-air, the fingers on my left hand seemed to move more readily than those on my right. Also, when I widen the spaces between my fingers, as if I were going to run them through my hair, the fingers on my right hand moved more awkwardly. Is this the same for everyone? If it is, then "thumb-dominance" seems to be associated with the hand possessing higher finger dexterity.
For me, right trumps left. If only left is on the keyboard, etc., then left it is...
It is funny, though... when I am typing my left thumb just ... dammit, now I am looking at it. It's just hanging out there, not doing anything at all. LoL.
Thanks for the poll.
It is funny, though... when I am typing my left thumb just ... dammit, now I am looking at it. It's just hanging out there, not doing anything at all. LoL.
Thanks for the poll.