Do you know why are bumps on the F and J keys of your keyboard? Learn to type quickly and accurately!

We use the keyboards every day, we write thousands of characters, but we don't stop to analyze our keyboards. Either they are Laptop keyboardsCEs or normal keyboards PC.

In large part, keyboards all resemble each other. Which only differ layout change position several letters si special symbols, in the by language for which it was designed keypad.
A common feature of most keyboards are unevenness in the form of a line at the bottom of the letters F and J on the keyboard. If you do not believe me, you can look right now under your fingers and observe the two bumps on the keys :-)
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What is uneven line F and J keys below and we use

This line is made by manufacturers to encourage keyboards writing method / typing fair and fast folosid all fingers.
An accurate and fast typing requires not to look at the keys when we have to write on the computer. The uneven line under the keys F and J keys is to identify these without looking at them. O proper hand position when typingIt is to have index fingers of hands positioned on the F keys (the forefinger of his left hand) and J (the forefinger of the right hand). From this position we can easily reach all keys and so we can type faster using all fingers.

Most users use two, at most three fingers from each hand when typing, including the thumb that is dedicated to the "Space", "Control", "Command", "Alt /" keys. Options","Windows”), Without realizing that I can type two or maybe even three times faster the tub would use all its fingers. It would be a shame to use only four or six of ten fingers :-)

The F and J keys have unevenness regardless of the operating system or the type of computer. Keyboards dedicated to systems Desktop cu Windows, Linux, keyboards on laptops or devices Apple (MacBook Pro, MacBook Air), all have this feature to help users maintain a correct position of their fingers on the keyboard and type correctly.

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2 thoughts on “Do you know why there are bumps on the F and J keys of your keyboard? Learn to type quickly and correctly! ”

  1. Yes, my son is learning to type on the keyboard, he told me :)
    When I was working with one macto write, there was no such suggestion.

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