Are Windows XP/7 Users Smarter Than a 3-Year-Old? 537
theodp writes "Those sounding the alarm about the difficulty in making the transition to Windows 8, especially on traditional computers, should check out Adam Desrosiers' son Julian, a 3-year-old kid who uses Windows 8 like a champ. 'I read these tech pundits and journalists discussing how hard it's gonna be for the general public to learn the new UI of Windows 8,' says Desrosiers. 'Nonsense. The long and short of it is: If my 3 years old son can learn Windows 8 through very moderate usage, anybody with half a brain can do so too.' Bill Gates has already successfully made the transition to what he calls an 'unbelievably great' Microsoft Surface. On Friday, we'll start finding out if current Windows XP and Windows 7 users are also smarter than the average 3-year-old!"
Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! The problem is capitalism. Under socialism, production will be planned to meet human needs, not driven blindly by the whims of a market of idle parasitical bourgeois shareholders. CAPITALISM SUCKS, MICROSOFT SUCKS, FORWARD TO COMMUNISM, I DRanke coffee that I made with a coffeee makore thagt ish iu f,saoz-0-0-0-0- 0oiofdsalk fs;a;a a;;a the pain!
3 year olds don't do that much. (Score:5, Funny)
They can't concentrate long enough to do any work...
I guess that makes Windows 8 a toy system... and still not suitable for work.
Ribbon (Score:2, Funny)
I still don't know anyone who knows how to use the ribbon.
So it may be true... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
That fails to explain why a three-year-old has no problems using it ... on a standard desktop PC. Like what the summary describes.
Three year old also has no problems with eating dog shit picked up from the ground.
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
Not some of the business users I have met... :P
Re:You have to be kidding. (Score:5, Funny)
I don't need to ask you to get off my lawn, the dog does that.
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
Oh there you are sir. We thought you might have escaped this time.
It's time for your medication again. Now be a good boy and just swallow your pills. You don't want to make me have to call Security again.
Wrong direction (Score:5, Funny)
My grandpa likes the Windows 8 UI as well. I can only hope that Windows 9 will keep up with his increasing dementia.
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
That fails to explain why a three-year-old has no problems using it ... on a standard desktop PC. Like what the summary describes.
Three year old also has no problems with eating dog shit picked up from the ground.
Somewhere a Microsoft marketing executive leaned back in his chair and pursed his lips. An idea was forming....
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Anybody with more than half a brain (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why change the interface at all (Score:5, Funny)
Read at the level of marketing and sales? Yes. read at the level of the secretary and Technical staff? no.
Re:Anybody with more than half a brain (Score:5, Funny)
Exactly. I can do mouse operations 10x faster than a 3 year old so since the UI is about 10x slower and less efficient, that brings us back down to the same level. I keep telling everyone their UI is designed like a tablet for 8 year olds but I may have to drop it to 3.
Shut up and use the CLI like a man.