I noticed that "B" has a pretty equal distance from both the left and right index fingers (if you type with all fingers) and then whenever I come to the "B" key I have to stop and think if I should type it with my left or right hand. I usually end up using my left.
I use both. It depends on the letter that will come after the B. For example...that last capital b (and this latest one) I used my left hand because my right hand was going over to the period. In the b in because I used my right hand because my left hand was going to hit the e while my right hit the b.
So yeah. I never really thought about it.
It would be nice to have someone else say what they use for three reasons.
1) I don't type properly, I'm self taught. 2) I do things strangely. 3) I'm ambidextrous, and don't have a dominant hand.
I type the b key with my left hand. That's because my keyboard is split down the middle, so the b key is on the left side and it only makes sense to hit it with my left.
I noticed that "B" has a pretty equal distance from both the left and right index fingers
It does? I find it's closer to the left finger because B is on the left side.
Traditional ASDF starting position, the left finger has access to R, F, V, T, G, and B. The right finger gets J, U, M, Y, H, and N. Using the right finger to type the B button is encroaching on the left territory, stretching the finger and making the typing process slower by a smidgeon.
That's how the rigid rules of typing are supposed to be anyway. I'll just come out and say I used the right hand to type the B button under the phrase "Using the right finger to type the B button". I think it's because while getting ready to type the B button and using my thumb to press the spacebar, I was busy using my left hand to type "the". It would be slower to wait for the left hand to stop typing the previous word to continue the sentence, so my other hand picks up the slack. I don't think I've ever used my left hand to type the letters from Right-Hand territory, though, and I'm left-handed too.
So I mostly type the B button with my left hand, unless that hand is already typing, then the right hand does the work. Having the opposite hand type the middle letters while the other one is working is partly why I'm able to type 90 words a minute.
Either/or. I don't type "correctly," I use what I call "Advanced Hunt and Peck," which is basically hunt and peck with some "roper" finger position incorporated. So, I tend to use whichever hand is closer at the moment. Also, what word I'm typing has an impact on that, i.e. "what letters are next in this sequence/which hand is closer to all of those letters right now?"
I use my left hand. I tried to use my right hand just now to test it and, and even though it's about just as easy, something about it just feels... Wrong.
