User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer

Re:User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer by calloc on Thursday July 07, 2011 @02:03PM (#2739559)

It is funny you mention Teletext, my grandpa uses that almost exclusively for almost everything, especially flight status when he is coming to pick someone up from the airport.

It is also generally presented in a much less confusing way than any other format, and doesn't have thousands of distracting ads all over the place.

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Re:User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer by robin_reala on Friday July 08, 2011 @03:40AM (#2741615)

Better move him onto something else this year then. The last transmitter is being switched off in April 2012:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_switchover_dates_in_the...

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Re:User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer by calloc on Friday July 08, 2011 @07:07PM (#2744455)

This is in The Netherlands, not sure if they have the same plans on switching it off.

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Re:User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer by robin_reala on Sunday July 10, 2011 @09:29AM (#2747731)

Terrestial TV in the Netherlands completed the digital transition in 2006 apparently:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_in_the_Nethe...

Same article says though that 90% of the Netherlands uses cable TV and that’s mostly still analogue (guess that’s how he gets Teletext?)

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Re:User testing in the wild: he has never used a computer by calloc on Monday July 11, 2011 @12:52PM (#2751483)

Yep, definitely over the cable not over the air.

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