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December 16, 2004
It's no Mavis Beacon, but it does the job...
JTypist is an interesting Java applet that teaches touch-typing through interactive exercises and tutorials. The program was originally written using the Curses library for terminal sessions but has since been rewritten for GUI's.
I like this program because new lessons and new keyboard layouts can be created via property files (They might want to update that to use XML at some point). One can even use this program to learn to type using a Dvorak layout instead of Qwerty. If you have never heard of Dvorak, you should read up on it. I do not know how to type on a Dvorak layout personally, but I find it interesting that there are more efficient typing layouts than Qwerty.
If you need to learn to type with more than two fingers, check out JTypist. Even if you know how to type, the source is freely available.
Posted by Chuck at December 16, 2004 10:11 AM
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Blog looks great Chuck. How often do you plan on posting?
Posted by: Justin at December 17, 2004 01:47 PM
Thanks. Hopefully a few times a week or whenever I think of anything to say...
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at December 17, 2004 05:54 PM