On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:59, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > I watch my children using a win98 machine at home. Eventually, they have > > the idea, but it took a while. > > Computers are complex machines - use the number of features as an index. > You will need to put some learning into it. They're also not made for 5 > year olds, although the odd bit of "childrens' entertainment" speaks for > the machine's flexibility (= complexity). If you wanted a machine best > matched for the 5yo, it would have a touchscreen and neither keyboard > nor mouse. > > Volker
Childrens small hands have difficulty moving the mouse around and reaching over the top of the mouse to click on the buttons. My solution has been to provide them with a travellers mouse usually sold as an accessory to road warriors for use with their laptops. An example here; http://www.computerfuture.co.nz/productInfo2.asp?pcode=RAT010 My 4 year old niece has no difficulty using this type of mouse. Cheers Ross Drummond PS. 'My little pony' must be heartily sick of all the hay dragged and dropped into her virtual stable by now.
