[rdl]

I type very similarly, although I also tend to keep my arms angled in with index fingers on v and n, and do use ring fingers to type some letters, and pinky for modifiers. The main reason is to keep my wrists at a more comfortable angle. There is some overall greater movement of the hands vs. normal technique. I don't really see a problem with this.

I pretty much learned to type at a reasonable speed from MUDs, IRC, and other online chat. I'm >80wpm even using this nonstandard technique on QWERTY.

I type like this mainly on apple mba13/mbp keyboards (low travel, small); on a full-sized Das Keyboard at my desk, it's closer to conventional typing, although I still never hit a or l with pinky.