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brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Whats not to know?

  Step 1) Open the browser.

  There is no step 2. Just go wherever you want, and read. Or watch videos. If you don’t know where something is, search for it. The browser does all the work. That’s like saying you don’t know how to use a microwave.

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  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A number of kids also don’t know “file system.” The filing cabinet is a foreign concept, as are many of the now-antiquated technologies referenced/adapted for desktop computing (the address card for your Rolodex, the floppy disk save icon). Tablets and phones are culturally moving us towards stuff being contained within its respective singular app, like all your word documents being within the word app rather than meticulously sorted through layers of folders (even though on the backend, it is). So returning to your first step: why have a browser as the first step when you could just skip having to search for anything because there’s an app? Plus, the delicious unskippable metrics.

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  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think you underestimate how techy many people are.

    You need to know the concept links. URLs. Web pages, navigation, tabs and your browser controls. It’s like getting in a boat with no concept of boating.

    I’ve spent years trying to teach my mom and grandma, and honestly if they aren’t super interested/engaged, they just can’t do it. It’s like teaching someone how to boat that hates boating unless it’s required.

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