wtf is that dude? seems like what youre treally telling us is youve lost your other fingers in a freak accident

I always use my left thumb to press the space bar, I generally don't use my right thumb when typing even though I am right handed. I am self taught, so I can't touch type or type particularly fast but I get there in the end.

I use my right thumb to press the spacebar. It's just natural. I was never trained to type...I decided Typing class in school was a waste of time and opted for Algebra II Trig (which I was awful at). I'm pretty fast, but I wouldn't trust myself to just type anything without looking at the board occasionally. :eagletear:

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I only use the right thumb although I read that you are supposed to use both...

No, what I'm telling you is I don't bother using my other fingers. Although it would suck if those were the only ones I had.

You're not alone. I write with my right hand, kick and play hockey left handed, and I also play guitar hero lefthanded style.

I actually had to try this out and I find that depending on where my fingers are on the keyboard, I tend to use both of my thumbs.

i use my forehead

I also use my index fingers, usually my right index, but I occasionally toggle between the two. I was never trained to type and I am also very bad at typing. I have no idea how fast I can type but I do manage to get by just fine. I assume I'm nowhere near 100WPM, probably not even 50.

Yeah, I use my right index fingers as well.

I thought that you hit the spacebar with your dominant hand, but, after some replies, I guess not.

=/ That's the case for me though; I'm basically left-handed, and hit the spacebar with my left thumb. My left thumb is usually touching the spacebar, while my right thumb is hovering over it.

I also don't use my pinkies for typing, other than pressing the shift key...

Haha, how strange!

GOT YOU. I hurt my thumb nail when miscalutating after aiming for the spacebar and realized that the thumb that hurt was on the right.

I use the right thumb when pressing the space bar. I just never learned how to use the left, and I think I simply began using the right out of habit when I first began typing properly. Using the left thumb also works, but I tend to type slower.

After typing this post I realize that I don't use a thumb at all, I use the index finger of my right hand. Hitting the spacebar with my thumb just seems awkward and I wind up having random spaces all over the place.

I think I use my right thumb, strangely. Right now when I'm typing this I am confirming this to myself. My left thumb hangs. I never took a typing class, but I used this Mavis Beacon teaches typing crap in middle school that didn't really help except make you cheat. So I guess I'm self taught. I think I type at a reasonable pace.

It's usually my right thumb. I don't have a consistent typing form, so it's whatever's closer. Right thumb mostly though.

When I type, the spacebar presses down automatically by itself! As if it knows what I'm typing and when I'm supposed to press the spacebar! Now that my thumbs are free, I thumb-wrestle while typing.

I like how this fucking thread with this silly title gets more posts than my average threadd.

I just use whichever one is convient, though most of the time it is the right one.

I usually use my left, I believe. Sometimes I use my index from the same hand though.

I was also self taught, so I type differently than I 'should'. I don't use the correct fingers most of the time, but I'm still pretty efficient. :)

the left thumb

It's a 75/25 split between the right and left thumbs.

I use my right thumb, and I type about 44 WPM (self taught)
...I wonder if I tried to use my other thumb would I type faster...

I mainly use my right thumb, though the left sometimes slips through. Self taught, and my highest WPM last time I checked was 125, with roughly 95% accuracy.

use both of my thumbs . . . whichever one is more convenient usually