On 4/30/2013 8:25 AM, David H. Bailey wrote:
> Okay, then I may have misunderstood. When you said "download" I thought
> you meant something from the internet.
>
> If you want to get snapshots from your camera downloaded to your
> computer, they go into the Pictures folder, unless you intentionally
> tell them to go somewhere else.
>
> And the Pictures folder shows up in Windows Explorer as an easy to find
> folder.
>
> But nothing about any computer is "intuitive" to someone who has never
> used a computer before, Mac or Windows or Android or iOS.
>
> Anything, including pencil and paper, requires learning how to use
> whatever it is that you're trying to use.
>
> And anybody who doesn't want to take time to learn how to use something
> probably shouldn't be using it in the first place.
>
> Cars are amazingly easy to use -- put the key in the ignition, turn it
> so the engine starts, step on the gas and the car goes, step on the
> brake and it stops. Yet everybody has to go through a rigorous training
> program and testing procedure before they can legally operate a car.
> Computers are more complex to use than cars, yet for some reason people
> feel they should be able to turn computers on and have everything work
> without any training.
>
> I don't get it -- people should be willing to learn how to use whatever
> it is they're trying to use.
>
> David H. Bailey
>
Ooops, guess I'd better take a refresher course in driving -- I forgot
to include the step where we have to take the car out of park or neutral
and put it in gear to get it to move.
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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