Keep Your Thumb From Doing Double-time

If you’re old enough to remember being taught to type on an actual typewriter, you were probably taught to add two spaces after the end of a sentence. The reason for this was because typewriters had a fixed amount of space for each character.

Because of this, it was hard to distinguish where one sentence ended and the other began. Adding two spaces helped bring this separation out.

The Computer Is Not A Typewriter.

When computers came onto the scene, their ability to make more efficient use of the space for each character made this separation unnecessary. Yet, you’ll still find double spaces here and there (e.g., emails, websites).

Is it a cardinal sin to add two spaces? Nope, but why continue making your thumb do double-time when typing when it’s not really necessary? Just think how much time you’ll save typing.

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