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I'd like to see the data for people below 25. It's unclear how much of that distribution is due to adoption lag.
by auganov 10y ago
I'd like to see the data for people below 25. It's unclear how much of that distribution is due to adoption lag.
- speleding 10y agoThe same group did some research into that [1][2]. TLDR: there are differences in behaviour but error levels are similar and it makes no difference for the UI guidelines you should apply when designing. [1] https://www.nngroup.com/search/?q=age https://www.nngroup.com/search/?q=age [2] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/young-adults-ux/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/young-adults-ux/
- trgn 10y agoKids are worse with computers than you'd think. Volunteer in a library for example and you'll be helping 16 year olds with printing double sided.
- VLM 10y agoAll kids have been experts on computers for about three generations now. Its no longer a valid meme. There's kids now that don't know what VCR was, but you can assure them that their Grandpa was the only person in the household who could figure out how to program the timer.
- yoz-y 10y agoThe idea that kids or young people are better with computers is not actually true. Yes they can use apps, some of them can install them, but for the most part they are clueless when it comes to actually fixing a problem with a computer. http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-computers/ http://coding2learn.org/blog/2013/07/29/kids-cant-use-comput...
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoIn fact everybody who seems to be a 'computer expert' is probably comfortable at just one layer or two. Layers include running applications installing applications writing applications installing services and drivers writing services and drivers installing operating systems writing code for operating systems writing kernel code designing hardware designing chips designing chip technologies chemistry and physics