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Yes. Any time I capitalize a letter on the left side of the keyboard. Isn't that normal?
That is the way I was taught, but not the way I did it then. Never developed the habit, so I never do it.
Damn, that makes sense. I one hand everything with my left hand. Maybe it's because of muscle memmory from playing videogames lol
I tend to use right shift for pretty much everything. The arrow glyph has worn off the key I use it so much.
Important factors:
British English keyboards, like the one I have, tend to be ISO, with a larger shift key on the right. Bigger target. Easier to hit.
I have at least a couple of passwords that each have at least one shifted character from the left side of the keyboard and it's much easier to use both hands when I need to type those.
It might even go back to the fact that most of my early typing was on a Commodore 64C and the positions of surrounding keys. Hitting shift-lock or run/stop by mistake would have been a nuisance. Caps lock isn't quite as annoying because it's not a literal mechanical toggle, but even so, the right shift avoids that particular error.
I was taught to type that way, but I was never that good at using my right pinky while typing a letter with my left. Or maybe I just wasn't good at coordinating which shift key to use with which letter. So I started just always using the left shift key which I somehow never had a problem with.
If I have to type capital A, left pinky holds shift and ring finger hits the A. This isn't the "right" way to touch type, but I can still type pretty fast.
But to do that you are bending your wrist sideways which will eventually start causing wrist pain. Better if you can get out of that habit before it starts causing trouble.
I hope I can. I've been doing this for like 25 years ...
Oh. Well if it hasn't started hurting after that much time, maybe you're OK 😄
I usually hold shift with my left pinky for any letter on the keyboard, because I prefer to type with both hands.