Spare me another rant from a geeky technical writer. (I’m a tech writer, and I hear the same whining from co-workers all the time.)
Computer apps should be intuitive and transparent to users. People shouldn’t have to wade through steaming mounds of text or useless online help to figure out how to use a “graphical user interface.” Why should I have to parse a multi-page procedure when you could show me in a short screencam?
I used to teach computer apps, programming (Logo, Basic, and Pascal), and robotics to elementary/high school kids. He wants to teach something as abstract as networking to little kids? No. They’re better off playing outside.
You must not be familiar with Macintosh users then... :-)
A badge of honor with Macintosh Users, from my long experience with them, is how little they ever used a manual to figure out how to use the programs and operating system of the Macintosh computer, because of its excellent User Interface and the guidelines that Apple published for all its developers to follow...
I swear... I remember guys saying that they had never so much as ever opened a manual about the Macintosh Computer or any of its software — ever... LOL...
Now, that’s a good “User Interface” to be sure... :-)