Re: CHAT: The ridiculously stupid, offtopic HCI thread.

On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:55:14 +0100, Keith Gaughan <kmgaughan@...> wrote:
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> Subject:      CHAT: The ridiculously stupid, offtopic HCI thread.
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> > I have to cope with ordinary computers and
> > software. I'm not working in a university, but in a
> > normal office, with normal people. What planet are you
> > living on ?
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> I'm living on Earth: how about you?
>I work in an office where as part of my work I have to build
>interfaces for people who are functionally illiterate.
Sheesh, I worked in a university AND an office with "normal people"
and let me tell you, that funtional literacy does not happen with
either college students or "normal office people". This is why my
university required a class called "Tech Tools" to teach people how to
use things like Word, Powerpoint, and even web browsers. Not every
college student can look at an interface and get it... and i know
because i'd tear my hair out at the questions and "issues" of fellow
students who just couldn't point and click to get menus and the right
buttons. Same in the office.



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