Comments on: 4 Cool Typing Tests

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:05:31 +0000

Sorry — have to brag, since I was always last at finishing my our typing exercises in elementary school (and reprimended for it) due to undiagnosed mild dyslexia.

91 wpm in the first test
83, 79, and 87 in the three exercises I did
41 (I was too busy laughing), 92, 97, and 105 and a bunch of other strangly high numbers — I’m thinking a pair of sentences doesn’t do a good job of finding your wpm. ;)

By: Angelia

Angelia — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:23:48 +0000

I *heart* Type or Die: Word Shoot. It’s over at Cognitive Labs dot com.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:27:27 +0000

Yeah, I think the “two space” rule changed. I learned to type in high school – back in the late 80’s.

I do love typing, but as an accountant, I love the 10 key even more!

By: Cassie

Cassie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:34:51 +0000

I got stage fright on the first test, so I only came up with 43 wpm. I’m much faster texting!!

By: Evil Timmy

Evil Timmy — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:22:31 +0000

In addition to the sites listed, I’d recommend you try out TypeRacer ( play.typeracer.com ). In addition to using movie quotes as your subject, you can also race against other random people or your friends, adding a fun competitive aspect to testing or improving your typing skills.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:51:23 +0000

When I first learned to type, it was two spaces after a period. However, they changed that when I was in, oh, middle school for some reason. Meh, I happen to welcome our one-space overlords.

By: monsoon0203

monsoon0203 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:35:24 +0000

When I was learning how to type it was always “one space after a comma, two spaces after a period!” Then I moved, and everyone put only one space after a period and groaned when my English teacher made them do two.

By: abbasmurf

abbasmurf — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:10:48 +0000

I learned the two spaces rule, but now one space has been pounded into my head through work. I prefer one space. Two space looks a little too…um…SPACIOUS to me!

By: Orange

Orange — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:28:58 +0000

The two spaces between sentences was drilled into my head, too–so badly, in fact, that I do it when I send text messages!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:31:54 +0000

I’va always heard that since the advent of computers, where characters aren’t all the same width, the publishing world has gone to 1 space after a period. It is easier to figure the difference between a space between two words and a space beginning a new sentence. I much prefer one space after a period…

Josh