space bars

[gardenmom5]

which thumb do you use to hit the space bar?

right or left?

 

I made a poll, should be self-explanatory

[AmandaVT]

I needed to write this out to notice which thumb I use. Something I never thought about before! 

 

Right thumb, which is a little surprising since I'm a lefty!

[Farrar]

I'm typing this to find out. Huh. I was all set to say right. Turns out - left.

[Loowit]

Right, I have a worn spot on my keyboard where I use it.

[Bluegoat]

I use both, but I use the right a lot more.

[Ailaena]

 

darn it, now I want to see if there is a correlation between handedness and space bar thumb used! I always thought it was a straightforward correlation, but it doesn't look like it!

[UCF612]

Right and I'm a righty.

Edited June 13, 2016 by UCF612

[Amira]

Right, and I'm right-handed.

[VaKim]

I use the right and I am right-handed. I thought we were trained to use both way back when I took typing in school (on a manual typewriter, before dirt was invented).

[MEmama]

Index finger.

[myfunnybunch]

I was so hoping this would be about space tourism and bars in space.... Margaritas on the Moon, or some such.

 

Sigh.

 

Right thumb, right-handed for me.

[poppy]

Right ,  and I'm left handed. It's not instinct, it is "correct" as I was taught.

I took typing class in high school.  That was ....maybe  25 years ago? I'm 41.  So eons ago from a technology perspective. I don't know if kids still take keyboarding.

[kewb]

I primarily use my right but I have used my left.

Way back in typing class I definitely used both thumbs.

Edited June 13, 2016 by kewb

[trulycrabby]

I was hoping it was about astronaut food...

 

I am ambidextrous and use both thumbs to press the space bar (not at the same time).

[gardenmom5]

I was wondering if they taught typing different these days. 

 

I really like my laptop - BUT​, the space bar hangs to the left.  it is awkward to hit it with my right thumb, and easy to miss.  I was taught to use my right thumb.  (mid-70's, electric typewriter).  1ds mentioned something about gamers using their left thumb because their right hand is always using other keys.   I didn't plan on a gaming   computer, but it met the requirements without having to order one.  (I had a bad experience attempting to order a laptop last year.  ended up cancelling.)

 

I can concentrate on using my left thumb, but I'm learning how to type all over again.

 

eta: I just noticed it has an alt-key and a ctrl-key on BOTH sides of the space bar.  so, two sets.  I'd rather have one set and a normal space-bar.

Edited June 13, 2016 by gardenmom5

[gardenmom5]

Right ,  and I'm left handed. It's not instinct, it is "correct" as I was taught.

I took typing class in high school.  That was ....maybe  25 years ago? I'm 41.  So eons ago from a technology perspective. I don't know if kids still take keyboarding.

 

yes- keyboarding is almost a requirement since they use computers in class.

[Dmmetler]

I seem to use both. I!m right handed. I was taught typing very explicitly and early, though-starting at age 6 on a manual typewriter, due to motor skills issues. I think it depends on which fingers I'm using most and which is closer.

[Arcadia]

Ambidextrous and I use my left thumb out of habit. Was taught to use either thumb for spacebar on a manual typewriter.

 

. I don't know if kids still take keyboarding.

Keyboarding was part of California's technology standards from Kindergarten before common core. It is probably still in there as only LA and Math were altered.

 

My oldest love the excuse to walk to computer lab for keyboarding when he was in public school K.

[Wheres Toto]

Both depending on what I'm typing before and after.  This seems to be how I was taught in typing class way back when (1980's).

 

[Ellie]

I can't vote. I use both, although mostly the right. Two years of typing, two years of shorthand, back in the day when it was real typing and not keyboarding (my first year typing class had manual typewriters with *blank keys*, so we had to learn to touch-type).

[OneStepAtATime]

Both.  Depends on what I am typing.  Mostly the right, though, and I am right handed.

[Caroline]

I thought this thread was going to be about a new concept in places to drink...

 

I use my left thumb for the space bar on the computer. I use my right thumb for the space bar when texting.

[Cinder]

Right. Double-checking here. Yes, right. That's how I was taught in typing class back in the day. It stuck. But it didn't take me long to drop that second space after a period when only one space become the accepted format.

[chocolatechip]

Right thumb, right-handed.

 

Right, I have a worn spot on my keyboard where I use it.

What do you know, I do too. . .and I didn't even know it!!

[Pawz4me]

I had to type a bit and pay attention. My first instinct was to say both, but apparently I use my left thumb almost all the time.  FWIW, I'm right handed.

[Night Elf]

I use my left thumb and I'm right-handed.

[bettyandbob]

Both. I took typing in high school on an actual manual typewriter. I think this was part of the fingering technique.

[purpleowl]

Well, let's see. I seem to be using only my right thumb to hit the space bar, regardless of what other letters I'm typing around it. 

 

I'm right-handed, and I learned to type from Mavis Beacon in the 90s.

[thessa516]

Left thumb and I'm left-handed. 

[earthyfamily]

Whyyyy did I read the title to this thread as "space bears"? And also...why did I think it sounded really cool and that was the reason I clicked on it. *smh* 

P.S. I use my right thumb. 

Edited June 14, 2016 by earthyfamily

[Petrichor]

Whyyyy did I read the title to this thread as "space bears"? And also...why did I think it sounded really cool and that was the reason I clicked on it. *smh* 

P.S. I use my right thumb. 

 

 

Hahaha

 

I correctly read it as "space bars" and clicked on it because I felt like experiencing less excitement at that moment. 

 

I use my right thumb too, but I had to type something out before i realized it. I do a lot of one handed typing b/c of nursing and for some reason thought I normally used both thumbs to hit the space bar. (How weird would that be though, lol.)

 

ETA: I meant both thumbs at the same time. LOL.

Edited June 14, 2016 by Dust

[Ellie]

 I thought we were trained to use both way back when I took typing in school (on a manual typewriter, before dirt was invented).

 

We were. :D

[TechWife]

I said right and now I'm typing to confirm. Yes, it's right. I'm left handed, I don't know if that matters. More likely than not, my typing class (yes, I'm that old) had us space with our right thumbs, though. 

[Guest]

Whichever is most convenient at the time, but usually my right :)

[StaceyinLA]

I'm typing this so I can see which I use more, and it appears that I use the left much more (I'm right-handed). It's interesting that you asked this as I would never have even thought of this and certainly wouldn't have thought I'd use the left almost exclusively.

[vonfirmath]

Testing Testing Testing

 

Seems I don't use my thumb -- use my right pointy finger most of the time. (I'm a righty)  (And yes, I touch type (without looking at the keyboard). I just taught myself doing MUSH and MUSE type games. It did turn out to transfer to "split" type keyboards -- after less than a day of getting used to it.)

 

Okay evidently sometimes I use my left thumb too.

 

(or maybe it isn't touch typing and I am seeing out of the periphery of my eyes? Though I am totally not aware of being able to see the keys at all. And I can type looking off into space (to the side. Trying to avoid the periphery possibility) and not at the monitor at all as well.)

 

Edited June 14, 2016 by vonfirmath

[nd293]

I use my right index finger.

[heartlikealion]

The thought of using a finger rather than thumb is perplexing to me. Seems like much more work.

[Carrie12345]

I'm righty and use right, but I recently noticed that I only use the left shift key.  I don't know why, because it's certainly awkward and inefficient to use it for half the letters, but that's what I do!

[purpleowl]

Whyyyy did I read the title to this thread as "space bears"? And also...why did I think it sounded really cool and that was the reason I clicked on it. *smh* 

P.S. I use my right thumb. 

 

When I was in college, this one guy in our group of friends broke his ankle by tripping over a pine cone. That was a really pathetic story, though, so we started embellishing it, and eventually he had broken his ankle saving the world from a space bear invasion. 

 

I later used those same space bears as the villains in a NaNoWriMo novel.

 

/tangent

[Lolly]

Chose "don't use" because I use both. It depends on which key I have typed before I need to hit it.

[Rebel Yell]

I type with two index fingers so that is what I use for the so e bar.

 

Usually right.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

yes- keyboarding is almost a requirement since they use computers in class.

Keyboarding was discontinued in our school district years ago. The idea is that students get enough practice on their devices. We have some pretty unique keyboarding styles.  Most young 'uns are quick, though.

[Granny_Weatherwax]

I'm righty and use right, but I recently noticed that I only use the left shift key.  I don't know why, because it's certainly awkward and inefficient to use it for half the letters, but that's what I do!

Me, too.  It makes us unique!

[Granny_Weatherwax]

I have to admit I immediately thought of Quark's.  

[Guest]

Right. I do fine motor skills with my left hand and gross motor skills with my right side. I do not remember if I was "taught" a correct hand to use when typing.

 

I also thought we were going to be discussing something out of this world...

[raptor_dad]

I don't classically touch type but do type 90+wpm. I use both thumbs and both index fingers depending on what makes sense... most often either right index finger or left thumb. 

[vonfirmath]

Keyboarding was discontinued in our school district years ago. The idea is that students get enough practice on their devices. We have some pretty unique keyboarding styles.  Most young 'uns are quick, though.

 

THis was certainly true for me. I never learned keyboarding in HS. But I picked it up rapidly as soon as I started typing everyday. Its not the "Mavis Bacon" method of typing. But it is very fast and accurate.  Surprises my co-workers I can type without even looking at what I am doing.

 

[HSmomof2]

Right, and I'm left-handed.

[OhanaBee]

I had to type to find out.  Left, and I'm a righty!