I've long said that I believe Millennials, as a generational cohort, are the best at typing that ever has been and ever will be. We were the first generation where adults really recognized that we'd be using computers our entire lives and took steps to teach typing. But, so much more importantly than that, we socialized through typing. I had typing classes in school, sure, but I learned to type quickly on AIM and in chat rooms.

Earlier generations only really typed for business or school. Later generations socialize over phones, so they, too, only use a physical keyboard for school and business.

I guess I should amend this theory to include all tech literacy in general.

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

There wasn't voice Chat in early games and you had to type fast to communicate and not die.

[–] randomname@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

that's how I learned to touch type without "learning" It intentionally. never bothered using home keys but I can type at 100-ish WPM and 95% accuracy

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

Same... My left hand home keys are wasd because I truly learned to type playing Team Fortress Classic online and needing to communicate without any voice chat. All the classes I took in school for typing didn't get me anywhere, but needing to warn the engineer in the flag room he had 2 incoming because I was down... That got me typing with gusto.

Honestly, these days with voice chat everywhere, I feel like I am kind of out of practice and probably have slowed down since I do more typing at work than at home.

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