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Re: [LUG] [Fwd: Alex laptop aids computer novices]

 


On 20 February 2010 09:19, tom <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010, Vivi Griffin wrote:

So out of curiosity, I contacted the company and asked them if it was
possible for me to have a demo of their system, in Devon. I explained that
due to our older population in the south west, there may be some need for
such as system as theirs. Their reponse (summarised) was that they could
only do a demo at their office in London.

Oh well, their loss.

From:

 http://www.devon.gov.uk/press-release?id=2617

 Sergeant Glenn Bullock, of Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "The
 population of Devon is getting progressively older; by 2018 it is
 anticipated that 47% will be over the age of 50.

Gordon

And I doubt if they will have the disposable income to even think about this ripoff.
You could give them  5 days one to one over two years for that
Tom te tom te tom

Would anyone in the group want to take on a project of designing our own DCLUG user interface aimed at older people who are new to using computer? I am not clever enough to do it but, I do know a number of possible "testers".

If these other companies can sell it - why can't we? We could make the pricing much more reasonable. 

What do you think?

By the way, I have already got some feedback on my new site that it is "difficult for older eyes to read". So, only about a week since it went live, I have done a new version that enables the person looking at it to increase and decrease the size of the text. I would be most grateful if any of you would have a look and test it for me - http://sticklepath.vivaciti.net/dartmoorit/

It is important to remember that older users can be very competent - I'm no spring chicken myself! But, older users learning computing for the first time may have different issues to younger beginners.

Viv
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