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43 Post author: Kevin 23 December 2011 06:40AM

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Comment author: Antisuji 23 December 2011 08:40:15PM 0 points [-]

Who types []{}()+=/?-_ with their pinky? I occasionally type ']' and '}' with the pinky, but more often I use my ring finger. The only characters in that set that I always type with my pinky are '/' and '?', and those are not common enough to worry about. The others? never.

Comment author: [deleted] 23 December 2011 11:41:32PM 0 points [-]

BTW, IMO typing the C with the middle finger, the X with the ring finger and the Z with the pinky seems ridiculous to me, even though that's what pretty much any typing tutor I've seen recommends. (As for the right hand, the brain-dead ISO mechanical layout makes it ridiculously easy to accidentally end lines with the key immediately left of the Enter key, e.g. รน on the Italian layout -- and there are several Facebook pages about that.)