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From: adamsf@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Frank Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Optimal keyboards
Keywords: Maltron
Message-ID: <N5B%SS$@rpi.edu>
Date: 12 Sep 90 16:22:26 GMT
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Reply-To: adamsf@turing.cs.rpi.edu (Frank Adams)
Organization: RPI CS Dept.
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Is alternate hand typing (having consecutive characters entered by alternate
hands) really something to be encouraged?  I have no doubt that it is faster,
but I believe that it is also more error prone.  I know that a large fraction
of my typing errors are interchanged characters typed on alternate hands.
I wonder whether this is an appropriate tradeoff, especially for computer
input where accuracy is at a premium.