Typing with Pleasure

Pavel Fatin discusses human and computer factors in reducing latency for typing. post

Obviously, what you type is much more important than how you type it. Nevertheless, low-latency visual feedback can often make the process more efficient and more enjoyable.

- Use a responsive editor (makes the most difference). - Use a low-latency keyboard, if possible. - Choose programs that add keyboard hooks wisely. - Turn off “image enhancers” in you monitor. - Enable stacking window manager in your OS.

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I want to spend more time with this one. I briefly wandered through some of the links in the early parts about human factors and immediately found resonance with things I teach my aikido students.

Ward poses with his Kent "squeeze key" paddles. source

Morse code is difficult to send without hearing the sound of the letters as sent. With a straight key the operator controls tempo, weight and swing. With an electronic keyer these "expressions" are erased as perfect dits stream out. But, that one can spell with two vertically-oriented switches, at 60 words per minute, is a feat of ear-hand coordination.

An iambic electronic keyer is sometimes called a squeeze key because the operator presses two switches together carefully synchronized with the generated sound. Some versions have a "dot memory" which allows the operator to get ahead of the sound and not loose dits in the process. wiki