On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schins...@gmail.com> wrote: > Den 27. aug. 2011 15:57, skrev Evan Huus: --snip-- >> Manuals and tutorials are certainly more efficient means of teaching >> the user, but I disagree that exploration is entirely useless. I don't >> have any data to back up that assertion unfortunately. > > Sure you do. For many years, it's been not only possible, but > easy to encrypt personal files in Ubuntu. But you do need to > understand the concepts, even if it is theoretically possible to > learn by trial and error. Still, most people don't know how to do > it. They do, however, feel uncertain when it comes to privacy. > So they have a problem, but do not fix it because they do not > know that the solution is readily available. They do want to > learn, but they don't. The number one reason is the > misconception that computers are intuitive and that they can > learn by exploration.
I think this example has actually changed my mind. I have some serious thinking to do now. Evan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : ayatana@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
