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Worried I wasted money on my new Moonlander, will I ruin my muscle memory?
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this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2023
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If you stick with it you’ll make steady consistent progress. One thing that really helped me was tracking my progress with monkeytype.com - it might not feel like you’re getting better but seeing how closely correlated practice and improvement are really kept me motivated to stick with it.
I haven’t lost the ability to type as I previously did, though I do find myself resenting being forced to use laptop keyboards. I can do like 60wpm hunt and peck on a row staggered keyboard, and a bit more touch typing on an ortho/ergo/split, but I can’t touch type on a row staggered kb and I can’t hunt and peck on an ortho/ergo/split, haha
I take it from this that you were not able to touch type on a standard keyboard prior to getting the ergo? I can touch type on a staggered board and am worried about losing that ability.
No I didn't, but I was surprised I haven't lost the ability to type as I used to on a row staggered keyboard. It might be different adjusting to touchtyping though since they're basically the same skill just you have to compensate for row stagger... My suggestion would be to not go too long without doing one of the two, that way you can keep your skills honed..