Hello all, I am looking for feedback on my typing test and practice web app. Please try it in test mode and practice mode. In practice mode, do the hands help you or do they distract? Does submitting your results to Facebook or Twitter work for you? Do you have any suggestions on how I can make it better? Looking forward to your constructive criticism.
nope, simple words like "with" happened when i was typing fast, first few times i assumed i had typed it wrong but then i started looking at the words and it was like the space didn't register even though it was there.
I think I know why...I think it might be because Alt is being pressed and registering as a keystroke and not letting you finish the word. I will fix it and see if that helps. Thanks for your help!
are you in the UK? Is it possible you might be pressing Enter/Return when it happens? I'm wondering if maybe your keyboards keycode is sending a different key code than mine.
it's an american keyboard. I'm using a razer blackwidow from like 2009? let me trying running it with a program that shows what keys i'm pressing. I'm running linux so I think theres a command line program i can run.
so this one was "way to". where 17 is w, a is 30, y is 21, space is 57 and t is 20. are you checking the key releases or presses? I think i'm releasing the key after I press space possible.
Thanks for all your help, your codes are the same as mine. Yes, I am checking release too.
I was finally able to duplicate it. I think if going to fast it registers the space. I added something else there to trim off the space just in case. So far it's working for me...still trying to see if I can re-duplicate it. can you try again?
oh man....apparently this is a quirk with how fast keys CAN be entered and how slow JavaScript is at detecting it. I added even more code to try and combat this. Ultimately what I am doing is detecting if the error happens and correcting it..hopefully before the typer notices.
Since I am not a fast typer I would have never found this on my own. So I greatly appreciate all you are doing to help. I think it's better now. If you feel like trying it I would like to know if you can duplicate the error again.
hmm, I didn't see it while doing a couple of tests, but it almost seemed like sometimes it was the opposite where I would press space but it wouldn't register the space... didn't confirm for sure though.
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0 u/shredgeek [OP] 04 May 2017 20:33
Hello all, I am looking for feedback on my typing test and practice web app. Please try it in test mode and practice mode. In practice mode, do the hands help you or do they distract? Does submitting your results to Facebook or Twitter work for you? Do you have any suggestions on how I can make it better? Looking forward to your constructive criticism.
0 u/Norm 04 May 2017 23:41
It sometimes doesn't register correct words, which is annoying. even when they have a space and all that. no idea why but super frustrating.
1 u/shredgeek [OP] 04 May 2017 23:53
Is it words with any punctuation?
0 u/Norm 04 May 2017 23:57
nope, simple words like "with" happened when i was typing fast, first few times i assumed i had typed it wrong but then i started looking at the words and it was like the space didn't register even though it was there.
1 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:01
I think I know why...I think it might be because Alt is being pressed and registering as a keystroke and not letting you finish the word. I will fix it and see if that helps. Thanks for your help!
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:12
I think I fixed it...would you want to reload the page and test it again?
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:12
sure
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:20
weird I don't know why...is always the same word? or just random?
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:24
random, like i said before, it was "with", this time it was "able"... shrug.
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:26
are you in the UK? Is it possible you might be pressing Enter/Return when it happens? I'm wondering if maybe your keyboards keycode is sending a different key code than mine.
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:29
it's an american keyboard. I'm using a razer blackwidow from like 2009? let me trying running it with a program that shows what keys i'm pressing. I'm running linux so I think theres a command line program i can run.
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:33
That would be nice...I am completely at a loss and can't duplicate it:(
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:40
keycode 18 press keycode 57 press keycode 18 release keycode 17 press keycode 57 release keycode 30 press keycode 17 release keycode 21 press keycode 30 release keycode 57 press keycode 21 release keycode 20 press keycode 57 release keycode 24 press keycode 20 release keycode 57 press keycode 24 release keycode 57 release keycode 20 press keycode 18 press keycode 20 release keycode 31 press keycode 18 release keycode 20 press keycode 31 release keycode 57 press keycode 20 release keycode 21 press keycode 24 press keycode 21 release keycode 57 release keycode 22 press keycode 24 release keycode 19 press keycode 22 release keycode 19 release
so this one was "way to". where 17 is w, a is 30, y is 21, space is 57 and t is 20. are you checking the key releases or presses? I think i'm releasing the key after I press space possible.
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 00:49
Thanks for all your help, your codes are the same as mine. Yes, I am checking release too. I was finally able to duplicate it. I think if going to fast it registers the space. I added something else there to trim off the space just in case. So far it's working for me...still trying to see if I can re-duplicate it. can you try again?
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:56
had it happen at the near end of a test where i had to type all upper case, idk if that matters. but it was better
0 u/shredgeek [OP] 05 May 2017 01:50
oh man....apparently this is a quirk with how fast keys CAN be entered and how slow JavaScript is at detecting it. I added even more code to try and combat this. Ultimately what I am doing is detecting if the error happens and correcting it..hopefully before the typer notices.
Since I am not a fast typer I would have never found this on my own. So I greatly appreciate all you are doing to help. I think it's better now. If you feel like trying it I would like to know if you can duplicate the error again.
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 01:55
yeah i'm not a huge fan of javascript myself, but sure i'll give it another go.
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 02:04
hmm, I didn't see it while doing a couple of tests, but it almost seemed like sometimes it was the opposite where I would press space but it wouldn't register the space... didn't confirm for sure though.
0 u/Norm 05 May 2017 00:15
nope https://i.imgtc.com/KOIYha1.png