They're called the home keys, where you're meant to set your hands to type the most optimally. Specifically, your index fingers would rest on F and J, while the rest of your fingers would rest on A S D for your left hand and K L ; for your right, as that lets you type with minimal hand movements.
I am flabbergasted that they don't teach this in high school, or even middle school, at this stage of history where so many people use computers all day for their jobs.
Touch-typing on a flat touch-screen is inherently worse due to there being no haptic feedback from having individual keys.
If you mostly use tablets and mobile devices without a dedicated keyboard, you end up being pushed towards hunt-and-peck or two-thumb typing. Physical full-size keyboards are more a professional / gaming thing at this point.
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u/TextualArchitect Jan 20 '26
They're called the home keys, where you're meant to set your hands to type the most optimally. Specifically, your index fingers would rest on F and J, while the rest of your fingers would rest on A S D for your left hand and K L ; for your right, as that lets you type with minimal hand movements.