Mandrake disappointment 1753
I find that many people who work with their hands find computers challenging. I think they are natively good at - or become good at - manipulating and working with items in the physical world...
Don't feel bad - I know professional programmers who get stumped by their VCR's. :)
It takes a *lot* of patience to teach some of my intro clbuttes... was talking earlier with my wife about how once I teach a clbutt how to use the right mouse button, even if I do not have them use it again for a while, I repeatedly get the question "do you mean right or left click" when I tell them to click an icon... or even double click. I even have charts on the wall telling them (and showing, with drawings) what click, double click, right click, drag and drop, etc. mean. Does not seem to help much - at least not some of them.
I, for one, use a two button mouse with scroll wheel (really three button). I am thinking of moving to more buttons... but I can understand why Apple sticks to the one button standard.
I see this a *lot*. The fear is just immense, and with the malware on Windows it is somewhat understandable.
On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:31:44 -0700, Snit That's likely because it's a page comparing paid versions. Download editions are...
Oh, this is very, very common. Concept we take for granted - folder vs. file vs. shortcut (what does Linux call its shortcuts?) - e-mail vs. web browser... all sorts of things. Heck, even learning what a "thread" is... these are not concepts that come easy to many people - even many very intelligent people.
Much is, I suspect, pretty universal - if you mean the level I am talking about.
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