Comments on: How Fast Do People Type? http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/ a look behind the curtain Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:20:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: The speed of typing and user experience design « World of Usability http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/#comment-190 The speed of typing and user experience design « World of Usability Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:01:38 +0000 http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/#comment-190 [...] Published December 5, 2007 Design , Usability , User experience I found a fascinating blog entry this morning on the misconceptions surrounding the speed at which people type, the error rate, and [...] [...] Published December 5, 2007 Design , Usability , User experience I found a fascinating blog entry this morning on the misconceptions surrounding the speed at which people type, the error rate, and [...]

]]> By: kwiksand http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/#comment-189 kwiksand Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:47:25 +0000 http://imlocation.wordpress.com/2007/12/05/how-fast-do-people-type/#comment-189 It's an interesting thing to see graphed out, I know from a programmers perspective I can hammer out lines of code in no time at all, or similarly when writing this comment. But if I was dictating for say, a lawyer, typing words I wouldn't normally type (especially under pressure) even though I may know full well how to spell each word, I'll make typing mistakes all over the place. I'm pretty sure in my heyday, when I was concentrating I could hit the 90WPM for extended periods of time, but I think I'd be hard pressed to do 70 or 75 now. In that sense, I've definitely become lazier. It’s an interesting thing to see graphed out, I know from a programmers perspective I can hammer out lines of code in no time at all, or similarly when writing this comment. But if I was dictating for say, a lawyer, typing words I wouldn’t normally type (especially under pressure) even though I may know full well how to spell each word, I’ll make typing mistakes all over the place.

I’m pretty sure in my heyday, when I was concentrating I could hit the 90WPM for extended periods of time, but I think I’d be hard pressed to do 70 or 75 now. In that sense, I’ve definitely become lazier.

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