Common typing mistakes
Most typing mistakes come from a handful of habits. Fix the habit and the mistakes fade.
- Looking at the keys
- Your eyes have to jump between the keyboard and the screen. Fix: keep your eyes on the screen and use the bumps on F and J to find your place.
- Using only a few fingers
- Some fingers end up doing all the work and have to travel a long way. Fix: give every finger its own keys and return to the home row after each key.
- Swapping letters
- Typing "teh" for "the" usually means one hand is rushing ahead of the other. Fix: slow down a little and keep an even rhythm.
- Rushing
- Going faster than your fingers can manage leads to more errors and more time spent fixing them. Fix: type at a pace where you rarely make a mistake, then speed up gradually.
- Tense hands
- Pressing hard and gripping tires your hands quickly. Fix: relax your shoulders and wrists and tap the keys lightly.
In Zomtype, a word typed with no mistakes earns a bonus, and the end of each run shows your accuracy, so you can see the habits improving.
See also: Accuracy before speed, How to type faster.