SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: impressions (long)
Re: SIGIA-L: impressions (long)
From: David Charles Ptak (dptak_at_r-effects.com)
Date: Sun Jan 27 2002 - 06:21:40 EST
Your friend is very wise. : ) I wish all AOL users had freinds like that.
That is actually one of the better ways to approach learning AOL. You
can always train to use it after the fact, but it is an uphill battle trying
the
reverse.
++
David Charles Ptak dptak_at_r-effects.com
Sr. Information Architect
User Experience Group +1.810.222.2788 (e-Fax)
Ripple Effects Interactive +1.412.683.5690 x246 (Voice)
----- Original Message -----
From: "molly wright steenson" <molly_at_girlwonder.com>
To: <sigia-l_at_mail.asis.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: impressions (long)
> At 03:32 PM 1/25/2002 -0700, Tim Salam wrote:
> >There is actually a lifecycle of AOL users I've observed, where they
enter,
> >develop a sense of their computer and the Internet, then depart later on
to
> >"wing it" with a local ISP and become a slightly more advanced user. To
> >this end, AOL is good, and the impression they deliver ("It's so EASY
it's
> >silly!!") is right on the mark - for all the whining I do about AOL, they
> >know exactly what they're doing and are raking it in (how unusual...a
tech
> >company raking it in and not burning out in a brilliant flash of light?)
>
> you know, i have a friend who's stated the exact opposite (shauna wright,
> who may be on this list, i'm not sure). she talks about the experience she
> had getting her mom online. since shauna finds the AO-hell user experience
> awful, she started her mom with an ISP, email and web browsing, and only
> when she got used to that did she introducer her to AOL.
>
> molly
>
>
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