[Sigia-l] RE: Are web users more sophisticated

[Peter Boersma]

Subir Kumedan <alwaysoutbound at yahoo.com> wrote:
> [...] their arguement was that webusers are more sophisticated -
> that they can handle uncommon interfaces, and are not afraid to
> try new modes of navigation.
and:
> A couple of years ago there was a statistic published that as
> much as 60% of the users to the Yahoo portal went and typed in
> URLs in Yahoo's search box.

That must be a coincidence: This week I learned that 60% of people applying
for Mississippi drivers licenses have failed the general knowledge test
since the state switched to a computerized testing system. One of the
reasons is that "the computer makes them nervous".[1]

Or would it be true that 60% of people just don't know how to work a screen
and pointer?

[1] http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/9143936.htm
By the way: other reasons include the fact that people can no longer
memorize one of the three versions of the written test.

Peter
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