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The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016)

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Re: The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016)

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post #55

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I can type reasonably fine, but anytime there’s a skeuomorphic control (like a joystick) it all goes to hell. The screens are too small and my thumbs too large to get anything resembling accuracy. And so many huge developers are unwilling to put in the effort to support external controls. Smaller fingers and better eyes are what’s required, I guess. So, not me.

Meanwhile I have small hands and have trouble with modern phones being too big. Have to use them two-handed or risk dropping the phone as I shift my grip around.

I can only one-hand my "standard" sized iPhone comfortably with a pop-socket. I love that they make those as mag-safe attachments, as an aside. Otherwise, I'm with you on two-handing it, even with my large hands.

Re: The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think (2016)

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post #39

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“Can open the command line”

I was tempted to expand that with "without pasting a malicious command in it", with Discord users being tricked into doing this in their Chrome console as the example. However, most of HN is curl-bashing unverified scripts into their computers and servers...

Lol true tho that might be one step above. Anecdotally I know a lot of people that don’t even know what a command line is so that’s y I went with that
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