I think that the iPad and other, similar devices are what that's about, Moose.
I don't think that anyone would buy a serious computer that was purely
icon-based. But that's the eternal compromise to be made, between usability
and flexibility.
You can work a Mac like that, of course. Put the applications that you want to
use, and only those, in the Dock and limit that user to those. Don't open a
Finder window and leave the file locations to the automatic options.
Perhaps that's what I should persuade my mother to do . . ;-)
Chris
On 1 Nov 2010, at 09:37, Moose wrote:
> I provide Carol with a computer and am her tech support. She is smart and
> adept on her computer at the things she wants
> to do on it. If I started telling her the difference between a window and an
> app, she would either start looking blank
> as she tuned out or ask me why she should know or care.
>
> And that's the point. She shouldn't have to know. She should be able to click
> on an icon to start a program*, use it,
> then click on an icon to close it. I thought that kind of transparency was
> what the Apple interface was supposed to be
> about.
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