Need new keyboard

[Plastic Nev]

Might actually look for one of these myself, my keyboard problems are the letters wearing off, several are just a white dot of all that is left of the original letter. For some reason A is just a dot, N is also, E has worn off altogether so has H with many others just a part of the original letter. Good job I can remember where they all are.

 

[AWS]

Might actually look for one of these myself, my keyboard problems are the letters wearing off, several are just a white dot of all that is left of the original letter. For some reason A is just a dot, N is also, E has worn off altogether so has H with many others just a part of the original letter. Good job I can remember where they all are.

I thought I was the only one with that problem.

On a side note. I have always been a hunt and peck type person. I started to take an online typing class about 2 months ago and I can proudly say I can type by touch now and my speed is increasing all the time. I shouldn't have slept through typing class in school. I didn't know what I was missing by not learning how to touch type back them.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

One summer, my mother made my sisters and I take a typing and shorthand class that she taught.
The typing has come in handy, the shorthand, not so much.

 

[Plastic Nev]

Way way back in the dark and dreary mists of time in the early 1960's when still at school, a very small part of I think general science, or it might have been English lessons, the class I was in were given a very basic introduction to the typewriter, what it is, what it does, and a brief explanation as to why the letters are not in alphabetical order. That was it, no one was expected to learn how to use one, it was just a very basic lesson and that was that.
Most of the lads weren't interested as typing was for the girls, we were going to be road sweepers or other general labour with maybe the odd one, (Such as myself) gaining better qualifications and becoming something a bit better. It was that sort of sink estate school.
No one had the slightest idea that computers would soon be ruling the human race and that keyboard skills would become the norm.

 

[Mommalina]

The wheel which controls the density and color of the lights
also can be spun to shut off the keyboard lights. Did not
find that out until I read the manual, which, BTW, has a
great chart listing some very useful hotkeys and buttons.

If you are a high-speed typist, getting used to the keyboard
may affect speed and accuracy for a good while. But with
the keys lit up, you will find it easy to get your fingers on
"home base" again.

If in doubt I'd check any negative reviews before buying it.
So far, for me, positives outweigh any temporary negatives
(but then again, I've had to get used to many different
keyboards over the years).

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

I just ordered one of these. If I really like it once I get it, I'll probably order another one.

 

[Mommalina]

One summer, my mother made my sisters and I take a typing and shorthand class that she taught.
The typing has come in handy, the shorthand, not so much.

Cindy, I still have all my Gregg shorthand books. I even have a
Spanish Gregg shorthand book; I tried to master it without much
success.

High-school Typing and English Shorthand in high school included
lessons in grammar, punctuation, and "nit-picking" (attention to
detail). Served me well, as it did some of my college classmates,
when I took notes in class, then transcribed and shared them.

I always preached to my kids not to whine about having to learn
something you think you will never use -- you never know!

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Grammar and punctuation was hammered into me in Catholic School.
English was always my favorite subject anyway.

 

[Mommalina]

BTW, I read thru some of the one-star reviews, and it
looks like the manufacturer will try to resolve any
problem before and after warranty expiration. How
refreshing!

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

That always good to know.
You don't find that will a lot of companies today.

 

[AWS]

Grammar and punctuation was hammered into me in Catholic School.
English was always my favorite subject anyway.

I went to Lutheran schools and they did the same. Handwriting had to perfect as well.

I ordered one as well. I am looking forward to it when I get it.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

Yeah. Penmanship. I remember.

 

[Mommalina]

Do penmanship lessons still exist? Many (maybe
most) schools no longer teach cursive writing.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

You know, Lina, I don't think that penmanship classes exist any more.
They do teach cursive in the public schools, at least in this area anyway.
I didn't send my children to parochial school.

 

[Mommalina]

My granddaughters, 10 and 12, attend excellent California
public schools where they have never been taught cursive.
Innovative California usually leads the way they say!

I don't quite completely agree with their father who thinks
cursive writing, like Gregg shorthand, have outlived their
usefulness. He's a brain with common sense (rare combo),
so who am I to judge.

But cursive-printing software exists and I assume also
cursive-reading software?

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

If they are indeed no longer teaching cursive script in the elementary school,
how are children supposed to know how to sign their names to any type of
legal documents? Are they going to have to print their signature?

Makes no sense to me....

 

[Mommalina]

If they are indeed no longer teaching cursive script in the elementary school,
how are children supposed to know how to sign their names to any type of
legal documents? Are they going to have to print their signature?

Makes no sense to me....

I'll have to ask my son how his daughters sign their names.
Maybe the schools teach that much?

Will they be able to read the letters and checks from Granma
and Granpa?

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

I know, right?
I'm going to ask my little sister.
She is an elementary school teacher.

It's been a long time since my kidlings were in school.

 

[Plastic Nev]

Blimey, proper names like "cursive" Just shows the low level of school I went to, we were just told it was joined up writing.
However if it isn't taught any more it does beg the question of how are they going to read a letter or perhaps a diary written by grand parents from more than forty or fifty years ago?
It is sometimes such things as written during WWII in a diary (Like my dad did) that really teaches what it was like to live in those times, if today's children can't read it, how are they going to learn such history?

Nev.

 

[allheart55 (Cindy E)]

You are correct, Lina.
Cursive writing is no longer part of the required curriculum.

I am in shock!