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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: open tasks, jobs, unmaintained stuff, etc.
From:       Scott Wheeler <wheeler () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-03-06 9:49:00
Message-ID: 200403061049.05027.wheeler () kde ! org
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On Saturday 06 March 2004 10:39, Michael Nottebrock wrote:

> I'm really hard pressed to not make a snidey remark here. Suffice to say 
> that anything that caters for people which are confused and hampered by 
> things which 8 year old kids can master should go into kdeaccessibility and 
> be highly optional.

First this discussion is getting pretty silly and should really be stopped.

Second, 8 year olds are in one of the best demographics for adaptability to 
interfaces.  Never seen an 8 year old explain a VCR to their grandmother?

If you want to see who these things are confusing for, try them on an average 
70 year old.  My grandfather, despite being a smart fellow, still takes notes 
on where to single click and double click.

- -Scott

- -- 
It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can 
fool enough of them to rule a large country. 
- --Will Durant
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