"I have been training people to use computers for over 20 years. I can assure you that people do not panic at the sight of a 1-button mouse."
Well, that's just the point, isn't it? They were being TRAINED, not thrown in the deep end and expected to swim. Most of the Mac newbies I've seen had to pick Mac OS up on their own, at the same time they were expected to do whatever work they were hired to do. I've seen some interesting panic reactions when Windows users who were Mac novices had to deal with one-button mice. (I remember one guy who picked up a one-button mouse and practically turned white; he looked around to see what other people were doing with it, to try to figure out how to use it before he did something patently stupid. Yes, a couple of us did clue him in, as tactfully as we could.) The sad part of this situation is that all the new users' anxiety could be completely avoided (for the average user) by half an hour of orientation and a cheat-sheet. --Constance Warner ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
