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Re:Scrollbar Blindness by wnevets on Thursday August 27, 2020 @03:12PM (#24297442)
>I think people in the SV/HN bubble play the "what about the elderly?" card too often, because we're afraid to admit that we, too, don't know how stuff works anymore.

Perhaps but even when I don't know how an app works I can usually figure it out, either by trying different things or just googling. Older generations tend to be afraid of "breaking" the device and avoid doing anything they dont already know.

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Re:Scrollbar Blindness by stan_rogers on Friday August 28, 2020 @01:19AM (#24301596)
No, they're not "afraid of 'breaking' the device", they simply don't have time for that shit. And there is absolutely no excuse for that shit. If you're writing the latest descendant of Myst, sure, go for it. If it's not an adventure game, there should be no essence of adventure game in the ingredients list. At all. Ever.
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Re:Scrollbar Blindness by wnevets on Friday August 28, 2020 @12:06PM (#24306557)
>No, they're not "afraid of 'breaking' the device", they simply don't have time for that shit.

When the older folks in my life tell me exactly that I take their word for it. They usually they no issue being brutally honest about other aspects of life.

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