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| Started by | Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> |
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| First post | 2015-11-01 18:25 +0100 |
| Last post | 2015-11-01 19:08 +0100 |
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Re: installer user interface glitch ? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-01 18:25 +0100
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2015-11-01 17:56 +0000
Re: installer user interface glitch ? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-01 19:08 +0100
| From | Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> |
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| Date | 2015-11-01 18:25 +0100 |
| Subject | Re: installer user interface glitch ? |
| Message-ID | <mailman.33.1446398729.4463.python-list@python.org> |
The important thing is that, numbers-wise, windowsXP was the version of computer a whole lot of people got when they got their first computer. The notion of, not it "wearing out" but that the whole world "wore out" or "advanced beyond" them is foreign to them. They aren't computer-hobbyists -- they are early adopters of the web browser and internet search, if anything. The whole message of 'get a newer os' is decidedly hard for them. "It works fine, like my 2004 Ford car" they want to tell you. Laura
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| From | Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> |
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| Date | 2015-11-01 17:56 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n15joh$k08$1@reader1.panix.com> |
| In reply to | #98058 |
On 2015-11-01, Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> wrote: > The whole message of 'get a newer os' is decidedly hard for them. > "It works fine, like my 2004 Ford car" they want to tell you. Except it _doesn't_ work fine, or they wouldn't be complaining. If you want to run Python 3.5, then XP just doesn't work. Why they think it's Python's fault is the question... -- Grant
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| From | Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> |
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| Date | 2015-11-01 19:08 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <mailman.34.1446401328.4463.python-list@python.org> |
| In reply to | #98059 |
In a message of Sun, 01 Nov 2015 17:56:33 +0000, Grant Edwards writes: >On 2015-11-01, Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> wrote: > >> The whole message of 'get a newer os' is decidedly hard for them. >> "It works fine, like my 2004 Ford car" they want to tell you. > >Except it _doesn't_ work fine, or they wouldn't be complaining. > >If you want to run Python 3.5, then XP just doesn't work. Why they >think it's Python's fault is the question... > >-- >Grant :) Actually, the people I talk to are to be forgiven for not understanding that 3.5 does not work for them given that the installer does not spit them out with a fail message at the start. It's the next step. "Why can you not make a product for my perfectly working system!" that I was thinking about. And, to be fair, lots of them are grandparents who want to be able to see their grandchildren's turtle programs .... Not the usual case for 'need to download python', to be sure Laura
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