The bumps exist so you can have an existential doubt of when will they wear out. Apparently my current keyboard was a better choice than I thought at first.
I don’t look at the keyboard. I don’t do home row either, though. I just put my hands on the table and magically know where the keys are.
The English Wikipedia:
Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys—specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory—the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch typing that involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard (the home row) and having them reach for specific other keys. (Under this usage, typists who do not look at the keyboard but do not use home row either are referred to as hybrid typists.) Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible.
…my work keyboard’s index bumps are worn out; there’s a hint of a bump on the F key but the J key’s worn completely smooth…i broke both of my hands last year and had to hunt-and-peck with seven fingers for awhile; now that i’ve since recovered full use of ten digits, touch-typing is proving a real challenge…
…the injuries weren’t simultaneous; broke one on a solid-core service door and but thankfully i’d regained partial use just before clumsily slamming a car door on the other a few months later…
…both hands were simultaneously disabled, though, and although i’ve regained full use starting this month, my range of motion is still a bit limited with moderate nerve damage…growing less clumsy with mobility exercises every day, though!..
The bumps exist so you can have an existential doubt of when will they wear out. Apparently my current keyboard was a better choice than I thought at first.
Why would then wearing out be so terrible?
theyre basically required for touch typing (without looking at the keyboard)
They aren’t required at all for touch typing, they are just convenient.
Source:i touch type over 100wpm and forgot they existed
I don’t look at the keyboard. I don’t do home row either, though. I just put my hands on the table and magically know where the keys are.
The English Wikipedia:
…my work keyboard’s index bumps are worn out; there’s a hint of a bump on the F key but the J key’s worn completely smooth…i broke both of my hands last year and had to hunt-and-peck with seven fingers for awhile; now that i’ve since recovered full use of ten digits, touch-typing is proving a real challenge…
If you don’t mind me asking, how did you break both your hands at the same time? Sounds painful and difficult.
…the injuries weren’t simultaneous; broke one on a solid-core service door and but thankfully i’d regained partial use just before clumsily slamming a car door on the other a few months later…
…both hands were simultaneously disabled, though, and although i’ve regained full use starting this month, my range of motion is still a bit limited with moderate nerve damage…growing less clumsy with mobility exercises every day, though!..