I "read" you loud and clear!! Tech that does a face plant (and when it does work, you have to figure out how it actually works, since reality differs so widely from what the vendor offers for instructions!) is one of the banes of my own life. It's not 'cuz I'm an old geezer, it's the tech that's screwed up I tell ya!
Case in point: Today I received an e-newsletter that I hadn't been sent in ages, no explanation offered (like that they'd ceased publication). There was a link for updating my email preferences. I followed that link with a mind to indicating that I'd like to receive every issue going forward. And what do I encounter? "No email preferences available at this time." Isn't that simply brilliant?? :-(
They *could* maintain current device settings when they do those upgrades. Enough people have surely complained about it. That they don’t tells me that they don’t want to. Have you noticed font sizes, particularly announcements, business letters and the like, have gotten smaller? I can’t process tiny font, so I’m glad to be able to use a device to adjust font and switch to white on black. My preference though is slightly large print on paper with audio alongside.
As for the lifelong fight for equality, right on. I think people don’t remember that it was in our lifetimes that married women couldn’t have money or make investment transactions independently. If the SAVE Act passes or if MAGA continues post-Trump (“post-Trump,” doesn’t that sound good?,) Sisyphus’ rock will be in free fall. It’s sad to me that people continue to not see how oppression ripples out to include everyone. If indirectly, eventually directly. Even the final white cis straight man on the hill.
I "read" you loud and clear!! Tech that does a face plant (and when it does work, you have to figure out how it actually works, since reality differs so widely from what the vendor offers for instructions!) is one of the banes of my own life. It's not 'cuz I'm an old geezer, it's the tech that's screwed up I tell ya!
Case in point: Today I received an e-newsletter that I hadn't been sent in ages, no explanation offered (like that they'd ceased publication). There was a link for updating my email preferences. I followed that link with a mind to indicating that I'd like to receive every issue going forward. And what do I encounter? "No email preferences available at this time." Isn't that simply brilliant?? :-(
They *could* maintain current device settings when they do those upgrades. Enough people have surely complained about it. That they don’t tells me that they don’t want to. Have you noticed font sizes, particularly announcements, business letters and the like, have gotten smaller? I can’t process tiny font, so I’m glad to be able to use a device to adjust font and switch to white on black. My preference though is slightly large print on paper with audio alongside.
As for the lifelong fight for equality, right on. I think people don’t remember that it was in our lifetimes that married women couldn’t have money or make investment transactions independently. If the SAVE Act passes or if MAGA continues post-Trump (“post-Trump,” doesn’t that sound good?,) Sisyphus’ rock will be in free fall. It’s sad to me that people continue to not see how oppression ripples out to include everyone. If indirectly, eventually directly. Even the final white cis straight man on the hill.
BTW: the frequent software updates may be security patches.
Now I’m trying to reply to your comment. I think I finally figured it out. But if it appears twice, so be it. Basically I am muddling through.
Let's see if this works. Okay, I have the reply button in orange. I mainly wanted to say thank you for reading, Freddie!
Exactly, Gregory. Thank you for confirming my annoyance. And on that note, I’m done for today. Night night.