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For a moment, I thought we had the same parents. My mom doesn't know when to single vs double click, and both my parents lack the ability to visually parse thro
by neilsharma 10y ago
For a moment, I thought we had the same parents. My mom doesn't know when to single vs double click, and both my parents lack the ability to visually parse through a screen's worth of buttons, links, and text quickly. Looking for a specific thing to press is like playing "where's waldo."
Hmm, i was thinking about building a chrome extension that can highlight the link/text-field you want to click on. You either can ask it what you want to do (ie: add to cart, bookmark the page, comment, up vote, share, etc), and it would highlight the action on whatever website you're on.
Sometimes I just want to build a chrome extension that standardizes and simplifies the UI on every commonly used website, even if that means cutting their functionalities, but that would be a silly thing to do.
I hear you about newer generations knowing how to use these things. But then I think that my parent's generation will be around for another 30 years, esp since lifespans are increasing. Sure, their demographic may literally be dying off, but that's the richest 10-20% of the population that is crippled using technology.
Crossloop seems interesting -- I'm seeing old links to it still hosted on cnet and other software download sites.
What about smartphones? Do your parents struggle with them? How do you help teach them?
- billconan 10y agoYes, my father just complained to me that his iphone is full of photos. he doesn't know how to back up those photos.