prohibit iconization?

[Neil Winchurst]

On 04/08/13 21:10, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Ulli Horlacher
> <framstag at rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
>>>> Sounds to me like the best solution is a little user education?
>>
>> Not possible. My users are 70+ years old.
>
> I've known octogenarians who master these sorts of concepts - even if
> it's as simple as "don't click on that button". Really, if they're
> going to be using computers, they're going to have to learn a lot more
> than what happens when a window gets minimized.
>
Agreed. I am 70+, in fact I reached the big 80 three months ago. I 
certainly have no problems with learning new concepts, that is part of 
the fun of computing.

So I would expect most people around my age, if I were trying to teach 
them about computing, to find it easy. I don't think I am in any way 
unusual.

Neil