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1. StanBright

   | Founder at SaaSHub | over 4 years ago
   Indispensable productivity tool

   I've been using aText for quite some time, and it's been amazing. If you are typing a lot, I'm sure you would be able to optimize your work tremendously. You can have abbreviations for your closing email phrases, URLs, and whatever can come to your mind.

   Also, I'd suggest to think of a trigger character and use it at the beginning of all abbreviations. That way you will avoid collisions. I'm using a comma. For example, these are some of my abbreviations:

   • ,br => "Best regards, Stan"
   • ,sh-u => "https://www.saashub.com" (SaaSHub URL)

   You get the idea. Once you get used to the app, it will save you a lot of time and typing.

typing.io mentions (19)

• Learning to Touch Type Again

  Https://typing.io/ is a good one for practice. - Source: Hacker News / 10 months ago

• Is it possible to be a non tech savvy software engineer ?

  Improving your typing speed requires just a little bit of practice - typing.io or a similar coder-focused website can help you out there. Even a week of practice will help out immensely. Source: about 1 year ago

• I can type 160 WPM on Monkeytype default settings with 2 fingers, should I still learn touch typing?

  161 for lowercase words with characters is good, but not entirely useful. How fast are you on typing.io for code? For me that's the gold standard. Source: over 1 year ago

• Is there anything like https://typing.io/ for angular?

  Is there anything like https://typing.io/ for angular? Online sites where I can practice angular stuff? Source: over 1 year ago

• Thoughts on improving quality of life on a 40%?

  For #3, this is just a matter of practice. I got good at this by regularly doing this sight: https://typing.io/ and choosing a different programming language (don't worry if your not a programmer -- the point of this is the frequency of symbols you will have to type while practicing)... In a few short sessions a day you'll see steady improvement until it feels pretty normal. Source: almost 2 years ago

aText mentions (2)

• Add suites (playing cards)

  I think I have a solution for you. I use an app called aText (there are many similar, but this one's my favorite) on my Mac and my PC to make my own shortcuts for phrases and symbols, like this. Source: 11 months ago

• How to change the date format?

  Not quite the answer you're looking for, but I use aText, so I can make my own date format, and my own shortcut, and it can be universal — and I can make all kinds of shortcuts for all kinds of other things, like symbols, emojis, and phrases. This way, I never have to worry about apps that don't have a YYYY-MM-DD option. :). Source: 11 months ago