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Dec 14, 2005 22:06

I ALSO WANT TO PLUG THE TYPING TEST!

Seriously, if you haven't already done this short, simple, and frankly rather intriguing typing survey, please do so now. (I'll wait.) If you are not currently, or have never been, a member of the communi- lived in Virginia, then you may not be familiar with a little thing called VJAS. Basically, it's a ( Read more... )

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forestfledgling December 15 2005, 05:43:09 UTC
so what was the test about anyways? I took it and it just said results submitted...

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ragnarok2999 December 15 2005, 12:04:20 UTC
The test, if you noticed what you were typing, was composed of very strange sentences. This is because it was testing "digraphs" or two-letter combinations found in words. An example would be "sentenCE" where the C and E are typed by the same typing finger, which is what defines a digraph. He is testing typing speeds over QWERTY and DVORAK keyboards; DVORAK keyboards were designed with digraphs in mind, so there aren't any on the keyboard in that sense, whereas QWERTY was not, and thats why we have them.

~Joseph

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midnightbrave December 15 2005, 14:22:17 UTC
That was not nearly as super-awesome as you said. I'm let down, and I may go cry now. *pouts*

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smashthemachine December 15 2005, 15:37:46 UTC
double-yays for sam! And Triple-yays for Indy! :D
-flarniepants

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