On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Annie Pinder wrote: > 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. Well, I didn't mean ``enjoy'' I meant ``need'' office programs, I did mention games, and when I said ``would avoid things aimed at "teens"'' I meant would find them patronising. So basically, you're confirming what I said. Mainly though, I was referring to teens without technical leanings, and in hindsight I should have phrased it that way. Please accept my most humble apology. > > 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. > Well, I think my reply to this is mostly covered by the above clarification of what I had meant to say. I don't doubt your friends' abilities, it's fairly well documented that the learning process slows with age. As for teens being stupid, I can honestly say I've done more stupid things in my first few years as an adult than I ever did as a teen, and not all alcohol related either. > 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. BASIC. I'm feeling nostalgic now. Having started with Basic is nothing to be ashamed of, it was the only programming language available with pre-PC computers. Now, if it had been COBOL, shame would be apropriate. > > Annie Jimmy.
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