On Oct 14, 2010, at 05:34 , P. J. Alling wrote:
While some people I know in their 90's are quite savvy to the ways
of computers, which let's face it, a digital camera is, just wrapped
in a, (sometimes, no so), camera like skin. Most liked the UNIX
world, that mostly existed up until about 20 years ago, i.e. single
use devices that accomplished that function single function well.
They're not comfortable with complex user interfaces, (and when
those interfaces are hidden in multi-layer menus, they become more
confused). They cant see the tree for the forest.
Welcome to my sister's world.
Joseph McAllister
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“ It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are
the only sophisticated computing devices that can be made at low cost
by unskilled workers!”
— Martin G. Wolf, PhD
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