tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post6846181251515681538..comments2024-02-27T11:08:45.499-08:00Comments on PowerPC Liberation: The devolution of computingzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-14887086584139130722013-06-14T18:20:52.746-07:002013-06-14T18:20:52.746-07:00I do tech support for an ISP. I work with computer...I do tech support for an ISP. I work with computer illiterates all day. In fact, the scariest thing I can hear on the phone is that someone is a "network engineer". It's a sign that they will think they know far more than they do. (And let's not get started on the number of people, typically women, that think that hearing a woman answer the phone means that they've gotten Terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382050215676302342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-85317805060343865152013-06-05T14:04:39.310-07:002013-06-05T14:04:39.310-07:00Fair, reasoned and pleasant conversation. Is this ...Fair, reasoned and pleasant conversation. Is this the dawn of a new internet ? <br />When we break it down quite a bit, like we have, I don't have any real problems or objection with your position. To me its a fair bit idealized but if we dont try o exceed our grasp then whats the point in even trying? <br /><br />I work with a lot of people who are barely computer literate. I dont blame Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287711328470828538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-73274922282057760362013-06-05T11:53:13.068-07:002013-06-05T11:53:13.068-07:00I think you're missing my angle a bit here. I...I think you're missing my angle a bit here. I do not at all think that user friendly computing hurts existing power users. My point is that it restricts the creation of new ones. <br /><br />The other real point I am making that you seem to have missed also is that people with novice skills helping spread that type of thinking. Like little warriors for the restriction of other but zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-87013187455877883902013-06-05T11:14:46.219-07:002013-06-05T11:14:46.219-07:00(okay, this got pretty rambling. sorry in advance)...(okay, this got pretty rambling. sorry in advance)<br /><br />interesting rejoinder. just for my understanding, your point is that by developers making things more user friendly for novice users and that novice users want this there has been a detrimental effect on (i'll use the phrase, sorry) 'power user'. this is somewhat widened by the way that instead of learning for themselves Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287711328470828538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-7631191500279961062013-06-05T10:36:17.401-07:002013-06-05T10:36:17.401-07:00I understand the power users have grown but no whe...I understand the power users have grown but no where near the amount of the novice. <br /><br />My point is that the user friendly obsession of the developers and the novice user has had a big part in the demise of the percentage of users with more ability. <br /><br />Also, power user is hardly a term I would ever use. Some would consider a common graphic artist a "power user" but Izenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-26315919107947838082013-06-05T08:54:26.801-07:002013-06-05T08:54:26.801-07:00evening,
(long time reader first time commenter)
...evening,<br />(long time reader first time commenter) <br /><br />i would contend that there are more power users today than at any point in the past. they are simply a smaller proportion of the overall user base. this isn't a bad thing and you cannot hope to put the genie back in the bottle. <br />But look at things in a slightly different way. I'm a bad cook. But I am not starving. I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287711328470828538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-61750795317176512532013-06-03T09:00:27.852-07:002013-06-03T09:00:27.852-07:00Any method that emphasizes the no thinking/learnin...Any method that emphasizes the no thinking/learning aspect will encourage devolution. The point is to have a balance of easy and not so easy. Not all GUI and not all text. A balance.<br /><br />Any tasks that don't need to be harder for capability shouldn't be. Any tasks that require a command or two for better results should be done that way.<br /><br />A better, more thorough, more zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-73693429470746214552013-06-01T23:54:57.299-07:002013-06-01T23:54:57.299-07:00I think it might be a little more complicated than...I think it might be a little more complicated than you make it out to be. One of the selling features of the original Macintosh when it was released was that it had no command line. This was to free the computer from being an obscure tool of the priesthood to being a tool that an average user could use to become more productive in whatever that person was skilled at.<br /><br />The problem is David Tuomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06022783506645159823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-89399861659790474012013-06-01T15:56:07.556-07:002013-06-01T15:56:07.556-07:00Thanks for saying so.Thanks for saying so.zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-80540281416607184722013-06-01T05:51:26.848-07:002013-06-01T05:51:26.848-07:00Very well said. I always appreciate your take on ...Very well said. I always appreciate your take on things. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com