Jimmy O'Regan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Being not long out of my teens, myself, I can say that the things teens > want are the same as non-technical adults - office-type software (for > school projects etc), e-mail and games/emulators. > Plus, most teens I know would avoid things aimed at "teens". >
I am a teenager, and I don't enjoy using "office type applications". My enjoyment comes from learning new things (because I'm a geek!) and playing games. Perhaps distrabuting games such as quake (although this is nearly impossible) and other games similar would make debian enjoyable. I think that trying to integrate things such as "Debian 2.2 Tour" (like the windows 98 tour) is a waste of time, it will make us seems patronising to the users. And finally, I do feel you are underestimating teenagers abilities, we are not all that stupid. I have seen friends of mine learn computer related things faster than a lot of adults could, even though the adults may have more expieriance. Kids' natuaral curiousity will often persevere at younger ages more than in the teens. I learnt BASIC at 12; admittedly not the best start, but at least I got to vent my interest. Annie -- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN X AGAINST HTML MAIL AND NEWS. / \ Annie Pinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
