I get pussed about this every morning on the toilet On Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 11:38 AM Nate Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
> <Curmudgeon mode> > It seems like I've noticed an uptick recently of slow loading dynamic > content. Like the web page will load, then like a second later, > everything rearranges on the page as more items decide to pop up. I > don't remember it being this bad before. I've had to use the FedEx site > recently, it's really bad about this. > > The Youtube app on my phone now had Ad's that are bigger than half the > screen, so it will push a playing video 1/2 off the top of the screen so > it can show the entire ad below it while the video is playing. > > I've been trying to explain over the phone to an older relative how to > use an Amazon FireTV box I've given her so she can watch her church > services. She has never used a computer, and barely used a VCR. She > does not inherently know what Icons on the remote mean (play/pause, > etc). Her fingers to not operate independent of her Eyes, so she has to > look at her fingers as they are doing something (why she's never been > able to figure out how to use a mouse, gets cursor lined up, looks at > hand to push mouse button, cursor moves, click does nothing). She > watches TV by typing in the channel number. So the instructions need to > be like 'Push the button with a house, then Push the bottom of the big > circle down 2 times, then push the middle of the big circle' But this > never works, as Amazon/youtube will always re-order the icons, and Since > she's not looking at the screen, she doesn't see the 'selected' icon is > changing as she is pushing buttons. (any tips on helpful explanations > for this would be appreciated) > > My FireTV at home has also been pulling re-arranging the Icons after > it's started up. Just the amount of time for you to select the app you > want, and as you're clicking, they all re-arrange and you've opened the > wrong thing. > > I think bottom line is I'm starting to get to old for all these > new-fangled Technogizmos. I can't imagine it getting better, only worse > from here on, as every content developer under the sun want's to have > their own interface for their content. > </Curmudgeon Mode> > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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