Right-click nation
For very reasonable security reasons that are currently being worked out, the computers in the library where I work have the right-click feature disabled. I had always thought of the right-click menu as a tool for intermediate to power users, with most other users better acquainted with the Edit menu.
However, I’m noticing that the majority of our users, even at the basic computer knowledge level, are asking how to perform specific tasks because the right-click menu isn’t available, not knowing that keyboard shortcuts or the Edit menu are an option.
So I’m actually having a lot of fun showing people how to use the Edit menu, keyboard shortcuts, and how to save images from the web using the image URLs. It’s like teaching regressive computer hacks or something.
Fascinating.
Tags: technology
