Show HN: keyzen - my touch typing trainer geared towards programmers. (wwwtyro.github.com) 6 points by wwwtyro 14y ago ↗ HN
[–] kallus 14y ago ↗ Doesn't one learn faster by typing words instead of random letters? [–] prinny 14y ago ↗ I think this approach helps to avoid simply building up muscle memory for certain words. [–] jtokoph 14y ago ↗ The touchtyping keyboard layouts are based on n-grams in real words
[–] prinny 14y ago ↗ I think this approach helps to avoid simply building up muscle memory for certain words. [–] jtokoph 14y ago ↗ The touchtyping keyboard layouts are based on n-grams in real words
[–] joshkaufman 14y ago ↗ Excellent - I'm planning to use this with Z-Type (http://www.phoboslab.org/ztype/) to learn Colemak. Thanks! [–] wwwtyro 14y ago ↗ Wow - that's a lot of fun! [–] joshkaufman 14y ago ↗ Update: forked keyzen to make a Colemak version - https://github.com/eurekaoverdrive/keyzen-colemak
[–] wwwtyro 14y ago ↗ Wow - that's a lot of fun! [–] joshkaufman 14y ago ↗ Update: forked keyzen to make a Colemak version - https://github.com/eurekaoverdrive/keyzen-colemak
[–] joshkaufman 14y ago ↗ Update: forked keyzen to make a Colemak version - https://github.com/eurekaoverdrive/keyzen-colemak
[–] epikur 14y ago ↗ Spacebar doesn't work in chrome/win7... unless I'm in incognito mode. I'm not sure why.
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