Re: [TCLUG:15761] End-Users (was:Re: [TCLUG:15722] Docs in 'share')

[Troy Johnson <john1536@tc.umn.edu>]

I think "computer" is an overly general, and so overly used, term.
Certainly there is room for the super-cool "look mom, no brain" devices,
but I wouldn't consider them computers as much as devices that contain
computers.

I am also against too much reliance on the "kindness of strangers".

Chad Juettner wrote:
> 
> > >The end-user
> > >expects the software to work right the first time, and expects the
> software to
> > >dictate how it is used.
> >         this is what worries me about computers... that most people treat
> > them like magic, don't understand how they work, and want to have usage
> > (rather than possibilities) dictated to them.
> >         some people worry about computers taking over... I think the way
> > that's most likely to happen, is when people continue to expect the
> computer
> > to do the thinking for them, and don't learn how things actually work.
> 
> I don't think it's unreasonable for people to expect their computer and
> software to work the way it's supposed to without them understanding what's
> going on behind the scenes. That's the kind of relationship I have with my
> truck, and we've been getting along just fine.
> 
> I think computers should hide more of their innards from the user. Setting
> up an internet connection should only take one click, there should be little
> help movies included with software instead of man pages and help files, and
> if there's some kind of failure there you should get a listing of local
> computer service shops instead of a blue screen of death.
> 
> People like you are the ones that'll make sure computers won't take over the
> world, just like the CDC makes sure Ebola doesn't wipe out the country.
> 
> That's my two cents on the matter.
> 
> Chad Juettner
> http://www.inhale.org
> 
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