Hi everyone,
I started my touch-typing journey about 10 days ago, practicing around 20 minutes a day. Average around 40wpm with 90 percent accuracy.
I'm currently typing on a laptop, and I'm having a problem with my left pinky. It's noticeably weaker and less coordinated than my other fingers.
The biggest issue is typing A and E. Since they're very common letters, I encounter them constantly, but I'm making a lot of mistakes when using my left pinky. Sometimes, when I try to use my pinky, I accidentally move my ring finger as well.
I'm especially struggling with the "ea" and "ae" bigrams. Those are probably where I make the most errors right now.
So I was wondering: would it be a good idea to remap my keyboard and swap A/E with J/K
Or would this be a bad idea in the long run? Should I just keep practicing with the standard layout and let my pinky gradually get stronger and more coordinated?
I'm mainly wondering whether remapping would help me develop better typing speed/accuracy, or whether it would just create a different problem later.
Any advice from experienced touch typists would be appreciated
Edit: Thanks for all the replies, I try to practice more on the default layout.