that's actually a rather good game, i'm impressed. well done :)
it's very professional-looking and well presented, and i like the text that you have to type.

very cool app.  I particularly like some of the feedback improvements, and the more realistic error handling (ie  go red, but don't forcibly stop the typing).

I have a couple suggestions.  First one... I would love to be able to specify which layout I use in my profile.  It's also interesting to see others' layouts as well.  (don't forget to include custom layouts *smile*)

A more useful suggestion perhaps is to make the game a bit more accessible (ie the main page should center around the game)  This gives it better visibility to newcomers.  When I first went to the site, I thought I had gone to the wrong place.

I also think having short quotes is fun, especially if you're racing against other people...  but I think slightly longer pieces are better for improving your typing skills.  This is just my opinion of course.  Maybe you could have different modes that use different length texts. 

Anyway, great program so far.  How long did it take you to write?

Tristesse, are you sure this isn't a common problem of all Flash applications? I used to have a problem with for example AirTyper; couldn't reproduce it just now, but the O wouldn't register properly if I remember correctly. Probably a matter of it being on a 'punctuation' key according to QWERTY? I think that was before I got the VKEY codes remapped right.

If you're using AHK, make sure it sends both the scan code and vkey correctly. PKL can do that if its .klc file was correctly written, I think. If you're using a plain remap file I think you can send SC###VK### (check out the AHK help file).

I couldn't try out marc's game because Firefox didn't see my Flash, grrr. I think this has happened before and it has to do with the old IE having the 'right of way' so that Flash gets downloaded to the IE location and Firefox still can't see it. Hmmm.... [Edit: Turns out it was my NoScript blocking the Flash content and the site thought I didn't have Flash at all. OK.]

@tristesse
You can steal all the ideas you want :) Happy to know you enjoy my work.

I am using ahk too. Can you give me your script? I may be able to fix the problem.
In version 1.0.10 I have fixed some problems related to <>. They were messing the html. This may have some impacts on your issues.

Yes. Works fine in other flash apps.

http://folk.uio.no/franksh/colemak_temp.ahk  the one I use on my (borrowed) Windows laptop...
But as the base I have the Norwegian Qwerty keyboard layout, which already has shft-,. as ;:. Shift-' as @ I can't make heads or tails of though. @ has never been anywhere near therse in any layout I've ever used?

Could you send me (marcbelmont - g m a i l . c o m) a screenshot of a finished game?
The top right of the page is supposed to say logout and
you should have a chart on the left of the quote  and
no red background..

I find the site useful, but it would be nice if it had a practice mode.  I hate that everything is public and remembered.  I regret creating a profile because now I slow down to try to work on accuracy that degrades my public score. So it creates a pressure to always go fast as possible.  It sucks in that regard compared to Ryan's set up which posts publicly your best score or typeracer where I can login as a guest anonymously and just focus on accuracy and the shape of words and rhythm rather than be in test mode all the time trying to beat the clock.

I know what you mean ks. I tried the site and am now sticking to amphetype. Nobody is watching me at home (I hope).

For some reason it started working for me too. Maybe it was my NoScript blocking googleanalytics.com or something.

The semicolon issue isn't resolved. Try making a keyboard layout with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator, only switching the colon and semicolon positions. Mine are in the Colemak colon key position (above 'o').

A few odd observations: On my profile page it lists two (rather slow) games done "zero minutes ago"; those aren't real? And while the high scores were updating a little while ago they aren't updating right now. [Correction to that: They do update. I was just being confused about whether you got your last game on the high score list - it's in fact your average speed that's listed of course!]

[edit: I also got the same one as Tristesse did. My quote sign (") turned into an @ which it shouldn't be doing at all. In my Colemak layout the quote is on shift-' as it should be. I was using PKL this time.]

I think I have fixed the input bug (version 1.0.16). Let me know if you still have issues.

I have just released version 1.0.17, there is less lag now. Tell me if it's better. Do I need to improve more?

You can use ctrl + backspace to delete more than one character. It will delete all characters until a space is found. This command is available in many apps. I will try to add the hold backspace thing. It should not be too hard.

I know there aren't many quotes. I will add more and hope the community will also add some (thanks for the one you added). Anyone can submit quotes here https://www.keyhero.com/quotes/