Typkov
Learning and science
typing practice
SHOW HN2012
11points
5comments
#1,274of 1,677 in 2012
Top 76%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Generated lessons work surprisingly well
From 1 comment
Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
stevelosh on HN
File upload and GitHub integration ideas are interesting
From 1 comment
I think that file upload could be interesting. :D Maybe some GitHub integration, like create lesson directly from Rails rep. (but not exacly importante this one!)
gobr on HN
Requests
Support for code and programming symbols in lessons
From 1 comment
Could this be used to generate typing lessons for programmers? One of the things lacking from many typing tools is practice typing symbols as used by programmers - I guess random…
lemming on HN
Support for file upload and GitHub repo import
From 1 comment
I think that file upload could be interesting. :D Maybe some GitHub integration, like create lesson directly from Rails rep. (but not exacly importante this one!)
gobr on HN
Support for additional typing programs beyond gtypist and ktouch
From 1 comment
Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
stevelosh on HN
Questions
Can it generate lessons from programming code
From 1 comment
Could this be used to generate typing lessons for programmers? One of the things lacking from many typing tools is practice typing symbols as used by programmers - I guess random…
lemming on HN
Alternatives named
gtypist
From 1 comment
Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
stevelosh on HN
ktouch
From 1 comment
Typkov is a little webapp I made this past weekend. I'm learning Colemak, and I wanted more gtypist lessons to practice with, but I'd prefer lessons that would let me practice…
stevelosh on HN