QuickQwerty
Learning and science
touch typing tutor
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
2 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 4 critical, out of 11 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Performance: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful typing practice; users report quick improvement
From 1 comment
I'm at unit 12 and my wrists are hurting :) But it's good practice. Gosh how good it feels to be typing normal words again :)). I think it can really improve typing performance…
codeshaman on HN
Code is shared openly
From 1 comment
I <3 that the code is shared.
babo on HN
Objections
Noticeable input latency while typing
From 2 comments
Cool tool, but it feels like there is a little bit of latency when I type. It's very subtle, but it throws me off a bit. Is it true? Maybe it's all in my head. But if it's there,…
appleflaxen on HNI feel the delay too.
dominotw on HN
Hard-to-read font for 1 and l
From 1 comment
Nice. I like that you let people download easily. One thought: the font for '1' and 'l' are too similar, and often confusing.
memming on HN
Only suits QWERTY, not QWERTZ or other layouts
From 2 comments
As a german guy (with qwertz keyboard) I feel like I'm left out :-(
W0lf on HNIt took me a while to understand why there was such a tricky character as semicolon in the first unit. On a Swedish keyboard, I think it's equivalent to typing the < key on a US…
lemonad on HN
Requests
Fix input latency
From 2 comments
I wasn't aware that this little latency could be inconvenient. Thank you for pointing this out. I'll fix it in the next release.
susam on HNThank you for getting deeper into this and finding the actual cause of the issue. It will help me to fix it in the next release.
susam on HN
Support for alternate keyboard layouts
From 1 comment
As a german guy (with qwertz keyboard) I feel like I'm left out :-(
W0lf on HN
Questions
What the smiley faces under error rate mean
From 1 comment
Looks good! What does the face indicate under error %?
jozan on HN
Whether the home-row wrist position is needed
From 1 comment
Am I the only one who think holding your fingers on the home-row is very painful on the wrists? Basically every touch-typing guide wants you to sit in this painful position[0].…
wodenokoto on HN
Alternatives named
GNU typist
From 1 comment
If you are more partial to the Terminal, check out GNU typist: http://www.gnu.org/software/gtypist/.
mtrn on HN
typingstudy.com
From 1 comment
http://www.typingstudy.com is better :)
mstechfreak2 on HN
Learning Dvorak
From 1 comment
Learn Dvorak and save your hands (and maybe career). And type faster, in a few months.
eggie on HN