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Amen. There was another thread here where I went on a rant about the MS Office Ribbon. I had whatever number of years under my belt with the previous UI, and t
by rabboRubble 10y ago
Amen.
There was another thread here where I went on a rant about the MS Office Ribbon. I had whatever number of years under my belt with the previous UI, and the Ribbon is awful. This change did illuminate something for me: UI change is a bitch as you get older. When you learn how to do something one way, then the common way changes and you are forced to deal with it, that change is bumpy.
I have two tricks for my parents:
- Gave them 1Password as a gift and I begged them to just try it for 2 weeks. Once Dad got the hang of the auto-fill and Mom realized she could share bank passwords, they are 100% on board with a password manager.
- When I teach my Mom how to do something on the computer, I often have her put her hand on the mouse / keyboard, then rest my hand on top of hers and click / type through her fingers. This way she can feel how to touch the device. Half the battle with touch screens or special operations is an unusual touch operation. Most times, I show her something this way ONCE and she gets it because she felt what I was doing.