26 Jun
2018
26 Jun
'18
4:25 a.m.
On Monday 25 June 2018 14:15:18 J Leslie Turriff wrote:
On 2018-06-25 01:08:32 William Morder wrote:
Old people have less disposable income, so there's no reason to waste time
designing systems for them to use when they can't afford them anyway. Also,
old people tend to die sooner than young people, so it's a shrinking market.
Bill
I can't imagine that I am 100 years old, but
I can imagine that I am 60,
and have already begun to feel the ravages of time on my body. It also is
a pain to use computer screens that are designed by and for young people.
One of the reasons I'm not using KDE4/Plasma is that there are no HiColor
icons available there (AFAIK), just the wishy-washy pastel ones that
imitate Windoze. Their contrast is so poor it's hard for me to distinguish
one icon from another in many cases. As you say, today's desktops are
designed for young people, by young people, and the limitations due to
aging or other disabilities are not thought of, while they seem to be
concentrating on eye-candy instead of functionality.
Leslie