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That proper shift technique never clicked with me. I developed a technique whereby I use only the left pinky for shift, and only the right thumb for the spacebar. Thus, for text not requiring shifting, I'm using nine fingers including the right thumb. Yet, I can touch type just about as fast if I lose the left pinky by keeping it planted on the left shift key! FOR INSTANCE, I TYPED THIS SENTENCE WITHOUT LIFTING MY PINKY FROM THE SHIFT KEY.

My technique is efficient in circumstances where I have to type several upper case letters in a row, which happens quite regularly in C programming. Using "proper" shifting for an identifier like UINT_MAX is nonstarter, and using CapsLock before and after is likewise inefficient.

I think the double Shift key design and the related proper technique is a holdover from mechanical typewriters. You need to put a good amount of strength into the shift. It's not as easy to type with your left hand while its pinky is anchored to the Shift key.



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