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As someone who actually works with a lot of basic computer users, you are incorrect. Nobody has ever struggled to understand files or folders. My 80 year old a
by vorpalhex 3y ago
As someone who actually works with a lot of basic computer users, you are incorrect.
Nobody has ever struggled to understand files or folders. My 80 year old aunt has a preference for the names of her email folders. My 11 year old nephew has a sorting system for his little game mods.
No the main issue is exclusively "crap". To quote my mom on a recent call: "How do I make this thing go away?" (It was a notification about some new cloud service).
Breaking user patterns is a close second - especially anything to do with file management.
- ics 3y ago> Nobody has ever struggled to understand files or folders. It sounds more like your family members have an aptitude for pragmatic organizational habits. This works for my parents but a common enough question from others is along the lines of "what do you mean where did I put it, I thought the computer was supposed to remember it?!" No amount of encouragement around the fact that they must have saved, likely named, and at least reopened a particular document dozens of times makes the concept stick in a satisfying way.