• tabular@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    It’s not always obvious or easy to make what non-techies will find easy. Changes could unintentionally make the experience worse for long-time users.

    I know people don’t want to hear it but can we expect non-techies to meet techies half way by leveling their tech skill tree a bit?

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      I know people don’t want to hear it but can we expect non-techies to meet techies half way by leveling their tech skill tree?

      In order to charge her iphone, my mom first turns on airplane mode, and THEN she powers it down. Turns it off completely. I asked why she does any of that. She says “Because they won’t flip the charge switch for me until they do! I wish I could take the battery out first, and THEN turn off the phone. But I suppose if they can’t see my battery with airplane mode on first, this is just as good.”

      And you want this woman to learn terminal?

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        44 minutes ago

        I’m sorry, but could you please elaborate? I’m not being facetious, I truly don’t understand what she’s saying/doing.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        7 hours ago

        Why would she ever need to use a terminal?

        I imagine she’d be doing normal computer stuff, not writing bash scripts.