(Disclaimer: I wrote the article Creating Online Environments That Work Well For Older Users but suspect that many Soylentils will find it useful.)
A significant part of the Internet-using population is aged 50 or older — including the people who invented it. Web designers need to understand what older users need and why it's not enough to just say, "I can read it, so what's the problem?"
If you're my age you have no doubt run into more than a few web sites that are just plain useless, either because you can't read the text, or because they were designed using assumptions that those of us over forty years of age don't find useful. Whether it's our need for high contrast text, or our preference for actual words and paragraphs over video, the needs of older users often get ignored.
We are the generation that invented and grew up with personal computers. It's absurd to suggest that we are less capable of using technology. In other words, you can't complain about old people not understanding tech, and then also complain that they've taken over Facebook and Twitter. Besides, we also usually have lots more disposable income, so catering to our needs is good for business.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @05:03AM (9 children)
I've been reading your amateurish trolling for quite a while, eth.
And it occurred to me that your writing style is strikingly similar to that of the author of this piece:
https://tweaker.org/true-stories/true-stories/why-we-do-what-we-do/ [tweaker.org]
Is that you?
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 23 2019, @05:12AM (1 child)
That will no longer be my problem, though, I suspect you won't like it.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @05:14AM
Are you going to try and up your game? Go for it!
As I've said a few times before, you're a fucking asshole, but you're *our* fucking asshole.
Please continue.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:19AM (4 children)
That's not our EF. The author of that article seems to be burdened with some concern for drug users who get AIDS from swapping needles. EF is NOT burdened with concern for his fellow man.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:24AM
A fair point.
You seem lucid today, i guess you got your booty bump? Good show.
By the way, I do like that song. Not a favorite, but a good one. Thanks!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:38AM (2 children)
Oh please! Don't be stupid. He shows a hell of a lot more concern than you do! We've seen your crazy shit! Conversely he's a man of wealth and grace! Lay your hands on the screen, and he will HEAL YOU! Do you feel it? All your sorrows will succumb to the power of ethanol!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:42AM
TASTE! wealth and taste! you dumbass!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 23 2019, @06:54AM
Why don't we parse your post? WTF do you mean by "concern"? Or, "stupid"? Or, "crazy"?
I'll get back to you on that "all your sorrows" bullshit. I've led such a righteous life, I don't have a lot of sorrows. But, I'll look around, see if I can't locate a few.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday November 24 2019, @12:15AM (1 child)
That's pretty atypical trolling for him, really. He's usually either better at it or more over the top.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 24 2019, @12:37AM
Usually more the latter than the former, IMHO.
That said, even if he isn't the author of the linked piece, he likely is a meth snorting faggot.
Just sayin'.