It's more comfortable that way. The HOME position causes my wrists to be running parallel to each other unless I stretch my pointer finger. With the position I use all my fingers are comfortably curved. But to answer your question I was not formally taught to type -- I assume most people aren't formally taught to type. You just do it more and more and more until you have no need to get any faster.
cryowaffle|13 years ago
codewright|13 years ago