I’ve recently started trying to improve my typing speed, which has probably been held back by my somewhat unconventional typing style. Formal touch typing was never a part of my education, and while years of computer use eventually led to me being able to type without looking, I’m probably not as efficient as I could be.
Can you touch type - and with proper form? QWERTY, DVORAK or other layout?
Yes. I started with QWERTY, then I moved to Dvorak, then I moved to Colemak, and then I finally settled on Workman [1].
References
- Type: Webpage. Title: “Workman Keyboard Layout”. Accessed: 2026-02-23T01:14Z. Location (URI): https://workmanlayout.org/.
Yes, I can touch type. I had a computer class in my year of high school where they taught us all how to do it.
I’ve actually leaned that in school, on a fully mechanical typewriter. But i don’t use this skill, as touch type is completely useless for programming.
