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TypingWeb gains Safari compatiblity
The biggest barrier to effectively using your Mac (or your iPhone) isn't processor speed or software compatibility -- it's poor typing speed. Who knew back at the invention of the manual typewriter that the QWERTY keyboard layout (alleged to have been designed to slow down typists and avoid jams) would still be our primary data interface more than a century later? Yes, we've got some other options now, but short of upgrading your RAM the best way to speed up your work is to simply learn to type.To enhance that finger business, check out TypingWeb, which now offers a Safari-compatible (both for desktop and iPhone, as we originally noted here) and free set of typing drills. Using the service on my iPod touch, I discovered that my Blackberry-style two thumb technique was actually slowing me down compared to an index-finger approach that leveraged the word completion feature more effectively -- who knew?
For a full-scale Mac typing tutor, the classic (not Classic -- it runs in OS X now) choice is Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, available on a cross-platform CD.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DiegoCJ said 10:56AM on 4-10-2008
Not working properly on my Safari 3.1 with Saft :(
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iGO said 11:51AM on 4-10-2008
My son, now age 11, has mastered typing on his iMac using www.tenthumbstypingtutor.com. He always found it fun, challenging and very effective. He is currently typing ~45 WPM, out-pacing his Dad, who is a master at the two-finger, look-at-the keyboard, pecking-method, averaging 30 WPM. I too, have to get on with that Ten Thumbs Typing.
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boz said 12:00PM on 4-10-2008
when will TUAW gain Safari compatibility?
No other website crashes Safari as often as TUAW, be it on my MacPro or on my iPhone....
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Simon said 3:58PM on 4-10-2008
I've been using TypingWeb in Safari for months without any problem - so not sure what the basis of this post is really. Has something changed? If it's not working for you, turn off your ad-blockers.
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Karen LH said 2:14PM on 4-10-2008
There is a cute game for typing drill called Neko Type-R. It's freeware and can be downloaded from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/kids_learning/nekotyper.html
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Scott Weiss said 3:46PM on 4-10-2008
Dvorak FTW!!! I started typing in Dvorak almost two years ago, and now I average around 110 WPM. The speed advantage is pretty obvious, and it's easily shown by switching in between the two. You don't "forget" how to type in Qwerty, just think of it like learning another language.
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Zachary Hinchliffe said 3:54PM on 4-10-2008
True that. I'm also a Dvorak typist. I learned about a year ago and I type at approximately 100 WPM.