No, never. My keyboard doesn’t even have one (40%)
Yes, sometimes, on one of my keyboards the left one doesn’t work for some weird software related reason
Yes, I use both. Learned typing that way.
It’s funny, isn’t it? My mom made me take a typing class at the community college one summer - on IBM electric typewriters. This was before everyone owned game consoles, much less PCs. You’d think in today’s world, typing classes would be even more in demand, but are they? Do kids take typing classes in K-12?
I learned typing on a mechanical typewriter back in school. I thought it would speed up my typing on the computer, but actually didn’t, because what I did on the computer was programming, which is quite incompatible with ten-finger typing.
But nowadays it is actually helpful when I write texts, although I have to switch context quite often (reading the original text in one window, then switching to the editor to write the summary). Still faster than other peoples “eagle typing”: looking for the right key and descending on it with one finger.
I found the opposite. I’m a programmer, too, and still found touch typing to be a huge advantage. However, as with QWERTY, Dvorak isn’t optimized for some of the most common keys in programming: (), [], {}. But that’s OK, because since I started using QMK keyboards, all of those keys are now in a layer and on the home row.
Same. That’s why it’s there, folks.
Ergonomically, you should use the Shift (or Ctrl or Alt) key on the opposite side of the keyboard as the key you are modifying. This helps prevent carpal tunnel issues because you can keep your wrists straight and not be twisting them unnaturally to reach key combos. You should also not have your wrists resting on the wrist rest or other surface while typing as that also contributes to carpal tunnel problems. Just use it in between stretches of typing (or maybe people just hunt and peck these days, I dunno).
Just as I learned on a mechanical typewriter.
Right shift has gotta be my least used key. I actually don’t know if I’ve used it more than like 10 times in my life
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Yes, when doing Ctrl+Insert to copy then Shift+Insert to paste
Yes but only occasionally. I have them mapped as space cadet shift keys so left shift key is ( on tap and shift on hold, right shift key is ) on tap and shift on hold.
I use ( a lot but my ide normally adds the ) for me so I don’t need it as much for that.
Also, I use left shift for most capitals as I rarely gpt further than ; on the right side of the keyboard.
Smaller keyboards I have shift on hold of A and L as I don’t have dedicated shift keys kn those.
Nope
I had to type a bit to check, but found that I mostly use the right shift if the letter I’m capitalizing is on the left side of the keyboard. Oddly, it wasn’t 100% though.
I have literally only ever used the right shift key when playing, like, two different games. Both were simulations with insane amounts of controls. One is ARMA, and the other was a flight sim.
I used it because it had a function bound to it that wasn’t on the left shift.
Edit: Oh and I think there was a pinball game on DOS that used both shift keys to operate the flippers.
Never. I exclusively use my left thumb for the space bar, too.
I could probably type faster if I fixed those issues, but 30 years of bad habits die hard.
Interesting. Ive never thought about it but I think I actually capitalize exclusively with RShift.
I use the right Shift key to capitalize when touch-typing. I only use left Shift for Ctrl+Shift+Esc.
yes it gives me access to “%”, which is handy for string interpolation
Yes. I still use my computer for mostly writing, so proper technique includes using the Right Shift key when capitalizing anything on the left hand side of the keyboard.
