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We're not too far from a time when every Granny grew up in a highly technical age where basic digital competency is as assured as knowing how to tie shoelaces.
by tux1968 13y ago
We're not too far from a time when every Granny grew up in a highly technical age where basic digital competency is as assured as knowing how to tie shoelaces. Hopefully then we can stop the over emphasis on providing systems for the least technically capable.
- ht_th 13y agoI'm not so sure about that. Compare with literacy. Not only is there a largish part of the population that hasn't enough reading proficiency'to be called literate, but even a large part of the literate do have trouble reading and comprehending texts, forms, and what not that are written by higher educated people. This is a big problem with governmental forms and the like. For the people for which these forms are often the most important have the most trouble reading and comprehending these forms.
- ledge 13y agoSystems can be intuitive and novice-friendly without limiting the capabilities of technical users. Also don't count on basic digital competency anytime soon worldwide. Where I live, young and old alike stare blankly into computer screens with no clue what's happening. Two days ago I unsuccessfully tried to explain to a 25 year old woman what a website is. There are so many emerging markets for computers that intuitive UIs will be crucial for a long time to come. I'm glad for that, since the ease of opening my web browser or music player has never once prevented me from using command line tools, editing system/configuration files, etc.