in 1st grade, my idea of programming was to slam out as much keysmash into notepad as humanly possible, and save it as a .exe file. one time, i did this on the classroom winnt pc.

to my utter shock, this actually worked, and produced a program that opened a command prompt that placed the entry caret at random positions on the screen and started printing blank pages from the computer.

**eidolon** @shaderphantom@awoo.space · Dec 27, 2019, 08:22

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**eidolon** @shaderphantom@awoo.space · Dec 27, 2019, 08:07

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**eidolon** @shaderphantom@awoo.space · Dec 27, 2019, 07:43

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**r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖** @cypnk@mastodon.social · Dec 27, 2019, 04:22

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Theory: Older people aren't worse at discovering or using new technology. UIs are just worse at conveying function/intent

Some evidence:
https://socket3.wordpress.com/2018/02/03/designing-windows-95s-user-interface/

"Beginning users and many intermediates relied almost exclusively on visible cues for finding commands. They relied on (and found intuitive) menu bars and tool bars, but did not use pop-up (or “context”) menus, even after training."

"All but the most advanced users did not understand how to manage overlapping windows efficiently."

**eidolon** @shaderphantom@awoo.space · Dec 27, 2019, 00:43

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tom clancy's sonic the hedgehog

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**Tom (tired of the computer)** @masklayer@slime.global · Dec 26, 2019, 23:07

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