When I search for “touch typing” in Google images (this query is a bit more effective than the one you suggested, which quickly devolves into irrelevant images after the first page or so), the first several examples are either on Wikipedia or copies of images that originally came from Wikipedia / Wikimedia commons. After that, there seem to be a bunch of examples each way. A sampling of the ones with 6 on the left hand:
(Again, there is a similar variety of diagrams that put 6 on the right hand.)
Matias again:
> While there are a few guides that deviate from the standard approach, the trend is pretty clear. Again, I'm not disputing anyone's particular technique (whatever works for you) but there is an established standard. You can choose to follow it or ignore it. I chose to follow it. Microsoft ignored it.
To be as generous as I can: you’re greatly exaggerating how “established” this “standard” is.
As for my personal technique.... The way I type on a QWERTY/ANSI/IBM keyboard – and I would strongly advise anyone else to use a similar fingering – is roughly like this: http://i.imgur.com/oTgR4Kq.png
Typing “Z” with the ring finger, “X” with the middle finger, and “C” with the index finger allows the left wrist to stay straight, with the arm coming toward the keyboard at an angle, and makes it dramatically easier and more comfortable to press all the keys on the left of the bottom row.
But this mainly serves to highlight how terrible the QWERTY/ANSI/IBM layout is. On the upside, it’s ubiquitous. On the downside, almost everything about its design is anachronistic nonsense.
(go to that link if you want to see images inline)
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Edgar Matias wrote (context: Matias’s Ergo Pro keyboard puts the 6 key on the right hand):
> That's true, but it is consistent with the typing textbooks I've seen. It's been a while since I researched this stuff. We can get a quick & dirty estimate using Google... http://www.google.ca/search?q=fingers+used+to+touch+type&tbm...
When I search for “touch typing” in Google images (this query is a bit more effective than the one you suggested, which quickly devolves into irrelevant images after the first page or so), the first several examples are either on Wikipedia or copies of images that originally came from Wikipedia / Wikimedia commons. After that, there seem to be a bunch of examples each way. A sampling of the ones with 6 on the left hand:
http://i.imgur.com/p0dE8wo.jpg http://i.imgur.com/UzgxGmz.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7FFd9pv.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qA8s3X9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mNE0Fhx.jpg http://i.imgur.com/KarYUjV.jpg http://i.imgur.com/mUY5aNM.jpg http://i.imgur.com/fQx1h3N.jpg http://i.imgur.com/qT0iUO3.jpg http://i.imgur.com/wY33abR.jpg http://i.imgur.com/SL7W4mi.jpg http://i.imgur.com/ccDqf8c.jpg
(Again, there is a similar variety of diagrams that put 6 on the right hand.)
Matias again:
> While there are a few guides that deviate from the standard approach, the trend is pretty clear. Again, I'm not disputing anyone's particular technique (whatever works for you) but there is an established standard. You can choose to follow it or ignore it. I chose to follow it. Microsoft ignored it.
To be as generous as I can: you’re greatly exaggerating how “established” this “standard” is.
On the one hand, the original touch typing book from 1889 does put 6 on the right: http://i.imgur.com/iK8WNJp.png
On the other hand, here’s a book from 1893: http://i.imgur.com/LyqyQ9M.png
As for my personal technique.... The way I type on a QWERTY/ANSI/IBM keyboard – and I would strongly advise anyone else to use a similar fingering – is roughly like this: http://i.imgur.com/oTgR4Kq.png
Typing “Z” with the ring finger, “X” with the middle finger, and “C” with the index finger allows the left wrist to stay straight, with the arm coming toward the keyboard at an angle, and makes it dramatically easier and more comfortable to press all the keys on the left of the bottom row.
But this mainly serves to highlight how terrible the QWERTY/ANSI/IBM layout is. On the upside, it’s ubiquitous. On the downside, almost everything about its design is anachronistic nonsense.
Side note: this is sure a funny method: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8404/8636675817_5398c6aba6.jp...