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Originally Posted by mxbndr
Thanks for following up.
The person who will be using this is not a typical user. They have a flip/feature phone and only rudimentary email experience. It's my hope that they can learn to use an e-reader (because they like to borrow books from the library but have a hard time with small text), but the kobo throws a lot at you if you don't know how to interact with it.
My hypothesis is that the less this person sees, the better. To that end, I am disabling anything they won't need. This includes dynamic stuff such as recommended content, store access, Pocket, redundant links, etc. It doesn't matter if it results in whitespace. It simply has to minimize their choices for interaction. In the end, this will hopefully look something like this: https://i.imgur.com/VVRd4Xa.jpg
(The attachment uploader on this forum isn't working for me all of a sudden)
Even with all of this, I'm not sure it will be enough for them (for instance, the touch screen, itself, might just be too much). But I want to try! I also only have one shot at this, as they live across the country and I will mail them the dumbed-down device. |
My Mother used a flip phone. I taught her how to use a Windows based computer, a Sony Reader, and an iPad Mini. I also gave her some help remotely. I was able to remote access her laptop and help her as needed. It worked out very well as it meant I did not have to go over to her place every time she needed or wanted some help. I was able to put eBooks on her Sony for her. She did really well on her own. I was really impressed how well she took to this. I never once thought about dumbing anything down for her. If I even did that, it would have been more difficult to teach her as I would have to remember what it is I did.