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> They are all amazed how beautifully simple the phones are and with just one or two taps Wouldn't they prefer one or even no taps? > Have you ever watched an elderly person trying to navigate the complexity of a modern smart phone Assuming that's a question, then "yes!" It is not at any level designed for what they want to do. The "mother of all demos" talked about children but not seniors. Ever since Engelbart, no…
>The "mother of all demos" talked about children but not seniors Children will press things until they figure it out. Adults (moreso as we age) are scared to press things they don't understand.
I have one outlier in my family. He's old, understands less and less about tech. like while ten years ago he was still able to understand how there are multiple Windows open on his laptop belonging to multiple apps, nowadays he starts confusing minimizing and closing apps, can't tell apart wether a program is running or it's just the pinned launch-icon, uses edge, Firefox and chrome interchangably and gets confused.... But at the same time, he still wants to figure everything out himself on both laptop and smartphone which resulted in hilarious mess-ups sometimes. I don't know if it isn't worse than a child. At a certain age a child might still get scared by some of the prompts, I've seen firsthand an 8yo going "oh no this costs money, abort" in panic. I'm not so sure my relative would do that when they think they know what they're doing...