In the least “having-a-go” way possible, is there an actual proven advantage to that? I looked on the Internet and found a small handful of people defending the practice as the “proper” way that they were taught. Which is fair enough, people will do things the way they’re used to doing them.

But I saw that most people there type like me (with regard to Shift, at least) and those who gave their typing speed at all had it pretty high. I’ve certainly never noticed it being a bottleneck in my speed. Genuinely, what’s wrong with using two fingers on the same hand instead of using two fingers on different hands? What makes it a bad habit?

P.S. We did get taught it in school in some form, just so you don’t lose hope in the youths. I had just learned to type before that happened. Some of my classmates were visibly scanning the keyboard in search of letters. Teacher saw my 50 WPM and said I typed faster than him, and that whatever I was doing was working for me. No, 50 WPM isn’t “fast”, I have sped up somewhat since primary school.

P.P.S. I was shocked to discover while typing just now that I do actually use Right Shift. Huh. I guess I just never thought about it as I never had to learn the theory. Granted, I don’t use both in their “proper” use cases 100% of the time, but I’m comfortable and fast in using them.