The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think

Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by jonathankoren on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @10:12AM (#13115126)

I suggest you look at your phone, because giant button single use apps is exactly what we have.

Taking a photo? Tape the picture of the camera, and then tap the giant button. Sending a message? Tap the speech bubble, type out message, and hit the big send button. And so on, and so forth.

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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by 4ndr3vv on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @05:22AM (#13121615)

Yes, but this isn't work. Work is more discrete, less specific; I very much doubt we could have such simple apps that could support the employment of ~1/3 of the population (those in the article with -1 or 0 "computer skills")

Work is where complex tasks expose themselves; tasks that sit between theses apps. If you don't have the knowledge or how-to to move between the buttons in the increasingly appified future, you're going to struggle.

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Re:The Distribution of Users’ Computer Skills: Worse Than Yo... by flukus on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @05:49PM (#13118980)

And we build workflows around those apps by storing data in files.

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