tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post7336275612526407967..comments2024-02-08T11:00:53.069-06:00Comments on Gordon's Tech: Grandma's iPad - A user guide and reviewJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-79642121360558483782013-05-10T19:48:36.540-05:002013-05-10T19:48:36.540-05:00Just catching up with email. I hadn't remember...Just catching up with email. I hadn't remembered that this article was on Apple's former web server. I've made a note to dig up the original and repost. I'll update here when I get to it.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-69152257017067312782013-04-18T07:00:18.765-05:002013-04-18T07:00:18.765-05:00Hi there, this is a really great piece and helpful...Hi there, this is a really great piece and helpful as I am introducing my partially-sighted Grandma to her iPad and it's great to read about your experiences. <br /><br />My main concern with my Grandma is that she has arthritis and so finds it difficult to double-tap. It's annoying that Apple haven't come up with an alternative to this as you'd think it was pretty common...<br /><br />At the start of your piece you link to a User Guide, but when I click the link I get redirected to icloud.com - if you could fix the link so I can check out the guide, I would be very grateful!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-64789363755371170612011-09-20T07:52:33.899-05:002011-09-20T07:52:33.899-05:00Email is a surprise, and not in a good way. For my...Email is a surprise, and not in a good way. For my mother it's the most important app, but Mail.app is too dynamic.<br /><br />The best email for her would be completely static. Rather like the email I used with "Norton Commander" about 23 years ago.JGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-54205657327103852272011-09-16T18:15:39.372-05:002011-09-16T18:15:39.372-05:00Wonderful observations Sheba. I have loaned demo t...Wonderful observations Sheba. I have loaned demo tablets (through work) to my parents, both iPad and Android based. I could *never* have predicted the sorts of things I learned. Perhaps the most shocking thing to me was the difficult with email, especially when it linked media content (a context switch). This should not be so hard for them!AHaggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724482457875142806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-28304362677239757332010-12-10T14:34:37.157-06:002010-12-10T14:34:37.157-06:00Hi Gordon! Partly inspired by you, I bought my 94...Hi Gordon! Partly inspired by you, I bought my 94yo grandmother her iPad a couple weeks ago. Finally getting around to unboxing it. I am following a lot of your directions, as my grandmother's eyesight is quite poor (but her brain is in great health and she is still mobile). I believe she sees better than she says she does, but she's still going to have trouble typing. Any new suggestions since your last email, particularly for composing email etc? I'm nervous she won't be able to zoom/pan while composing anything.<br /><br />Thanks.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435907207412762113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-19410439619916383312010-07-26T16:18:51.584-05:002010-07-26T16:18:51.584-05:00Thanks Dennis.
You might find other topics of in...Thanks Dennis. <br /><br />You might find other topics of interest at http://bestyoucanbe.blogspot.com/.<br /><br />For example:<br /><br />http://bestyoucanbe.blogspot.com/search/label/technologyJGFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-7114483237675382782010-07-26T10:39:10.667-05:002010-07-26T10:39:10.667-05:00You have some great ideas in this. I have a specia...You have some great ideas in this. I have a special needs son and I am always trying to find a way to make the technology easier for him. I loved the idea of getting the "no-ads" on the games. I never really thought of that before. It focuses his attention on the device and not the frustration of figuring out why a window just popped up.<br /><br />I like the simple manual. I realize that it is easier for me to do something like that for my son, rather than explaining it over and over and over... <br /><br />Thanks for the ideas!Dennis Waldmanhttp://manhattanproducts.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710205.post-31862982284936082412010-07-25T22:30:08.036-05:002010-07-25T22:30:08.036-05:00Thanks that is helpful. You should pass it on to A...Thanks that is helpful. You should pass it on to Apple. It would make a good Take Control Book especially if they incorporated both the Mac computer and iPad.Julie Knoreply@blogger.com