Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:52:47 +0000 (GMT) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Toshiba kbd patch |
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Hi Linus, Peter.
>> Also, I'm really rather nervous about 250ms being too long. Are >> there any really good touch-typists out there? I can easily see >> somebody pressing the same key more than four times a second, >> and I'd hate to lose keystrokes for good typists. Please >> convince me this is safe..
> I definitely don't think it's safe.
As any professional typist will tell you, typing speeds are measured in "Words per Minute" where a word is defined as six keystrokes, counting SHIFT and CTRL as separate keystrokes (so capitals count as two keystrokes, lower case as one).
I was recently tested and found to have a speed of 46 WPM = 276 keystrokes per minute. Simple arithmetic states that 276 per minute is already over 4.5 keystrokes per second, and I'm by no means a fast touch typist.
To put this in context, there are companies that state in their job applications that they will only consider applications from people with a typing speed over 75 WPM. Doing the arithmetic on that, we see that 75 WPM = 450 keystrokes per minute = 7.5 keystrokes per second.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes from Riley.
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