There must be some magic switch inside computers that makes them utterly incapable of doing whatever it is that your parent(s) require
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My Dad 100% survives on cursor keys. I was hoping the whole thing would be voice recognition by now, but my phone still can't tell "Mum" from "Katy". Feck.
What are Android tablets (or that religious device) like for what you need here? Many of those (if big enough) seem to have a more approachable UI for the non-power-user.
I think tablets aren't quite there yet, but their descendants are definitely the future for the less-technical user. There's just so much less to go wrong, and so much less interface cruft to deal with.
We-ell, his 'help' is why the current box runs linux. (Yes, I know. Rod/own back, but less of a rod than Winders)
On the up-side, I have a Wacom tablet that apparently understands multi-touch and allegedly is more or less in-kernel (for values of 'in-kernel' that involve 'download newer drivers from sourceforge and follow incomplete documentation and of X doesn't spot it you'll have to remember how to hack an X config, which I've not done for a half-decade'.)
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What are Android tablets (or that religious device) like for what you need here? Many of those (if big enough) seem to have a more approachable UI for the non-power-user.
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My folks would probably want this kind of a thing:
http://www.intomobile.com/2011/01/04/asus-transformer-android-tablet-keyboard-dock/
just so they could type emails.
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On the up-side, I have a Wacom tablet that apparently understands multi-touch and allegedly is more or less in-kernel (for values of 'in-kernel' that involve 'download newer drivers from sourceforge and follow incomplete documentation and of X doesn't spot it you'll have to remember how to hack an X config, which I've not done for a half-decade'.)
Computers will be lovely when they're finished.
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