<Curmudgeon mode>
It seems like I've noticed an uptick recently of slow loading dynamic
content. Like the web page will load, then like a second later,
everything rearranges on the page as more items decide to pop up. I
don't remember it being this bad before. I've had to use the FedEx site
recently, it's really bad about this.
The Youtube app on my phone now had Ad's that are bigger than half the
screen, so it will push a playing video 1/2 off the top of the screen so
it can show the entire ad below it while the video is playing.
I've been trying to explain over the phone to an older relative how to
use an Amazon FireTV box I've given her so she can watch her church
services. She has never used a computer, and barely used a VCR. She
does not inherently know what Icons on the remote mean (play/pause,
etc). Her fingers to not operate independent of her Eyes, so she has to
look at her fingers as they are doing something (why she's never been
able to figure out how to use a mouse, gets cursor lined up, looks at
hand to push mouse button, cursor moves, click does nothing). She
watches TV by typing in the channel number. So the instructions need to
be like 'Push the button with a house, then Push the bottom of the big
circle down 2 times, then push the middle of the big circle' But this
never works, as Amazon/youtube will always re-order the icons, and Since
she's not looking at the screen, she doesn't see the 'selected' icon is
changing as she is pushing buttons. (any tips on helpful explanations
for this would be appreciated)
My FireTV at home has also been pulling re-arranging the Icons after
it's started up. Just the amount of time for you to select the app you
want, and as you're clicking, they all re-arrange and you've opened the
wrong thing.
I think bottom line is I'm starting to get to old for all these
new-fangled Technogizmos. I can't imagine it getting better, only worse
from here on, as every content developer under the sun want's to have
their own interface for their content.
</Curmudgeon Mode>
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