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.
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."
michiel van den bos did a track for the ill fated ut4 and it slaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdmad3oyxDM
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