One-Handed Typing on a Frogpad

This is a demonstration of one-handed typing on a Frogpad. What would you do with your free hand? :)

http://frogpad.com

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• one-handed
• keyboard
• frogpad
• typing
• type

[RayBotva]

nice typing! how many wpm do you get, zerocubed?

[zer0cubed]

I'm able to type faster than what you can see in this video. I've recorded myself typing over 100 wpm. I've been using my Frogpad for about two and a half years now.

[manueldaman]

In my opinion the Frog Pad is a good idea but its not very ergonomic. It's ok for typing emails and that sort of thing but not for typing code. Also, I don't like the way the arrow keys have been placed: the UP arrow key should be placed so as to hit it using the middle finger, not the ring finger!

[zer0cubed]

Keyboard designs are usually considered ergonomic when the keys are placed in such a way that the wrists are positioned comfortably during typing. Two-handed keyboards require that your wrists rest near each other, and that usually means that they have to be bent a certain way in order to type.

One might argue that the Frogpad is super ergonomic, because your wrists aren't so bound together. This allows you to position your typing hand very comfortably.

[zer0cubed]

I agree that the keyboard isn't very efficient for programming, since you can't type special characters in a single keystroke. As for the fingers used on the arrow keys, you can get used to that. The real issue is that you can't seem to press multiple directions at once (ie forward and left at the same time), so I often end up using the arrows on a normal keyboard for gaming anyway.

[comprtxr]

I just use a regular keyboard. Wonder how how well i could type on that frogpad. from the images iv seen of it i cant even figure out how you type on the thing. Holy shit, as i was typing this response, thinking about your video, I realized that I never use my thumb for typing and only use my index finger for shifting.

[zer0cubed]

I turned to the FrogPad after an accident involving a broken window, a chair, and an air conditioning unit left me with my ulnar and median nerves severed at the wrist. However, if I were suddenly able to type two-handed again, I still wouldn't switch back. I love the FrogPad. I own three of them. :)

[LG1337]

"What would you do with your free hand?"

Masturbate.

[magog1138]

fap fap fap fap

[guitarmenace1981]

I want to learn to type with my left hand and write with my right hand at the same time.

[FoamRolls]

Carpel tunnel?

[disbuylshite]

@zer0cubed Holy shit dude. Sorry about that.

[keiff13]

@zer0cubed how do you game with one hand?

[42Victim]

@comprtxr How can you do that? You must be using your index fingers ONLY. How do you space?

[slitor]

DAMN! i want one of those

[caosonha]

@LG1337 when i practice typing with one hand , everybody think what you think lol

[Esiwrab]

Type and Wank

[thaihockeyboy97]

i should grab a beer with my freehand

[barcahabsDL]

lol, what would you do with your free hand.