deskthority

Actually, that's word processing. My typing record goes back to 1967. I'm not "arguing' about anything (again, your words, not mine.) I was simply pointing out what was visible in the video(s), nothing more. How you choose to interpret that is entirely up to you. You are free to express your opinion ...

Thanks for the "heads up" :? I'll try to remember to tread carefully. I mean what would I know? I only began teaching word processing back in 1981, and then trained as a Court Reporter in 1990. This job involved transcribing court proceedings at 150 + words per minute for 5-6 hours a day. Not a ...

Perhaps you should read my post again. I never mentioned the word "restricting". That is your terminology.

Whether apocryphal or not, Einstein is quoted as saying "Everything should be as simple as it can be, but not simpler." Opening and closing the fingers achieves the end desired, so why go further.

- Restricting typing to finger movements puts the whole stress on the fingers alone instead of distributing it over the whole arm.

One of the things which the Maltron and Kinesis Advantage keyboards have in common compared to a "standard" or flat keyboard (regardless of which key distribution is ...

What could be constructive to the discussion is to see videos of the hands of people typing.

These three videos -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYJtF1I3PRs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4H931A3BDE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxH7Uith0tQ

may be instructive. The first one shows a typist ...