Alternate fingers?

Posted by bob on September 25, 2000

In Reply to: Re: The quick brown fox posted by sauerkraut on September 24, 2000

: : : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

: : : It is unique in that is uses every letter of the alphabet.

: : : What was this phrase/sentence used for and who wrote it?

: : : Please help.

: : It's a typing "exercise." It seems to me I saw the origin somewhere. If I find it again, I'll post it.

: Certainly its a typing exercise, it also uses alternate fingers to produce the correct words.

: By the way, our current keyboard layout was devised to slow down typing and reduce the lockups associated with mechanical typewriters.

: I've tried the much efficient DVORAK version, but my old fingers can't adapt. Some "hard-wired" things are hard to change.

My fingers don't seem to alternate, particularly at j-u-m