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I always ranked near the top of speed back when I had typing classes in high school (do they still do that?) so it's nice to see I haven't slowed down that much. After years writing code, straight text doesn't feel as fluid as it once did though. First time through the test and I hit an adjusted speed of 90 WPM with 95% accuracy.
...never send to know for whom the code faults; if faults for thee.
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If I am typing code then I am fairly slow as I have to check variables names and every bracket is correct, every semi-colon is actually a semi-colon, etc.
If I am working on my book or other "pure text" writing - such as this message, then I am a lot faster.
I never learned to touch type but I can use most of my fingers most of the time for a fairly decent speed.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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it takes time for my brain to catch up!
I may not be that good looking, or athletic, or funny, or talented, or smart
I forgot where I was going with this but I do know I love bacon!
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I have written some books in my life, and if we talk about my native german language, I'm quite fast at typing. In english it's a bit less, as I am not so used to it (pure quantity... I have written millions more words in german than in english, the muscle memory in the fingers helps a lot here as you don't really have to THINK about the keys on the keyboard. The fingers do their job alone).
Did the test twice. First was 65 (without ever having seen the text), second run was 77 (adjusted values)
modified 15-Oct-18 9:48am.
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A desktop that I'm well used to : 60 / 70 wpm, maybe more on a good day (accuracy defeats me).
A desktop I'm not used to: maybe 40 wpm
A lappy or the WookieTab pug in keyboard: 30 or so wpm (the keys are smaller and not in the "right place" as a result, so accuracy goes out the window.
Android swipe keyboard: 20, maybe 30. About 2 if used for coding.
Windows 10 soft keyboard: very few - I have to hunt and peck all the time.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Windows 10 soft keyboard: very few - I have to hunt and peck all the time
Or wait until the next update is finished (hoping that keys won't switch in the keyboard)  
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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The current one is better than the last - at least SHIFT and CTRL aren't single-key-toggles any more but stay down while you hold them, but they don't "come off" quick enough: I'm forever starting sentences with "THe" and "BEcause". 
The lack of tactile feedback is a real PITA with them all.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Windows 10 soft keyboard: very few - I have to hunt and peck all the time.
At my Windows 10 tablet the soft keyboard disappears automatically after typing characters like '@'. So for typing an email address, I always have to reactivate the keyboard in the middle. Couldn't figure out, why this happens, but it's really annoying and slows down typing a lot.
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But I type by memorizing a handful of words in the sentence at a time, then look at the keyboard and type with three or four fingers.
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In assessing typing speed it's always important to note accuracy, so please try and quote your speed at a 95%, give or take, accuracy.
It's also worth noting that as coders we spend a lot of time typing control characters, symbols, chords and punctuation. For the purposes of this straw poll we just care about typing plain old text.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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"Plain old text" I now do on my phone, with Swype.
I cannot answer this survey.
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