News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Yayagram. Parent comment

Re:Yayagram by mtrovo on Thursday April 29, 2021 @01:11PM (#26983796)
I don't know which brand you looked at but I'm pretty sure Chromebooks support fingerprint login for some time now (check this HP support page for ChromeOS for instance [0]).

But I agree with the overall tone of what you're saying and I have the same kind of problem with my parents. I think the movement away from common protocols just made it worse, before you could have a simplified client just for the elderly or any other "niche" group and it would work, now if you do something like this for Whatsapp or Instagram you would probably receive a cease and desist letter.

[0] https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06917763

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Yayagram by wanderingstan on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:29PM (#26984667)
FWIW, fingerprint login has never worked for my elderly parents. The combination of drier skin, shaky fingers, and poorer sense of pressure means they could never get it quite right. (And on iPhone, always ended up pressing the home button.)

I’ve noticed in the last decade that my fingers too have less oil and I sometimes have to wet my finger.

[ Parent | on HN ]