Those of you who grew up with computer terms might not appreciate the strangeness of seeing ordinary words appropriated toward new meanings. .The first time I read a glossy ad for “Word for Windows” I wondered what the heck that was. I told my father I had to buy a mouse pad, and he was taken aback (bachelor apartment, sanitary napkin, writing tablet?) I myself was somewhat irritated by the terms “menu,” " tool box, " and “file.” All the metaphors were strange and disconcerting, and took getting used to. (Particle physics terms are even worse!).When you learn things in youth, you tend to internalize them and they become set and hardened. I suppose it’s why people even older than I am have such a hard time with computers. I’ve adapted, but I tend to choose Windows Classic desktops, and still prefer pull-down menus with word choices instead of cute, irritating icons. That animated paper clip character in Excel was the worst!.I think eventually people will forget to read because visual choices will cover all their wants; and forget to write due to speech recognition programs; maybe even forget to speak, if telepathic connections come about. Many people are already forgetting to think for themselves, in my opinion. (I read that somewhere on the Internet ; )
Those of you who grew up with computer terms might not appreciate the strangeness of seeing ordinary words appropriated toward new meanings. .The first time I read a glossy ad for “Word for Windows” I wondered what the heck that was. I told my father I had to buy a mouse pad, and he was taken aback (bachelor apartment, sanitary napkin, writing tablet?) I myself was somewhat irritated by the terms “menu,” " tool box, " and “file.” All the metaphors were strange and disconcerting, and took getting used to. (Particle physics terms are even worse!).When you learn things in youth, you tend to internalize them and they become set and hardened. I suppose it’s why people even older than I am have such a hard time with computers. I’ve adapted, but I tend to choose Windows Classic desktops, and still prefer pull-down menus with word choices instead of cute, irritating icons. That animated paper clip character in Excel was the worst!.I think eventually people will forget to read because visual choices will cover all their wants; and forget to write due to speech recognition programs; maybe even forget to speak, if telepathic connections come about. Many people are already forgetting to think for themselves, in my opinion. (I read that somewhere on the Internet ; )