When I set up a computer for my grandpa to read email from the family (white list heavy) and browse some newspapers from his home country (bookmarked only the o

When I set up a computer for my grandpa to read email from the family (white list heavy) and browse some newspapers from his home country (bookmarked only the ones that worked without javascript) i used linux with windowmaker. pretty much the same as a mac Dock. huge buttons always visible on the screen. the shock came when you give him a mouse and say to click at that big link and he just raise the mouse to the screen and looks at you like "what now?". maybe i should have started with the Wii, if it wasn't some 15yrs too early. I tried very hard to predict every point where they would need 'specialized knowledge' about computers and preemptively worked around it somehow. but after a while, it proved better to gave em hell (i.e. not try to shield them) and just be easy to reach for questions (and re-image)