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I experienced this question recently. The fellow, who had some minor Windoze experience, would close the open application (like Excel) before opening the next application (like the accounting software). When I told him "you don't need to close Excel, you can just leave it open", he said, "wow, that'll save me a ton of time!".
Needless to say, he would have no clue what "window flipping" meant, or the variety of ways in which to "do it".
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Marc Clifton wrote:
"wow, that'll save me a ton of time!".
ignorance is humor.
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It's funny what some people will do when they don't understand window management. One time, I was showing a receptionist something at her machine, and I minimized her email app and launched a browser. She got all upset that I'd lost her email. I was all  for a couple of seconds until I figured out what she was thinking.
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Michael Dunn wrote:
She got all upset that I'd lost her email.
I've had that experience numerous times with "the office girls". What is that makes people think so linear when they use computers, or is it that they just think linear to begin with? Maybe it shouldn't be called "Windows". Maybe it should relate more to what women (eek! sexist remarks follow!!!) are familiar with. How about "Stove Top"? That way, at least they'd get the idea that four things could be "cooking" at one time!
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Marc Clifton wrote:
How about "Stove Top"? That way, at least they'd get the idea that four things could be "cooking" at one time!
ooo, that's bad. 
I think it's just inexperience. Our brains can only concentrate on one thing at a time (that's why driving whilst talking on a cell phone is dangerous, if you concentrate on the call you can't concentrate on the road). There's nothing to suggest that a computer is any different, until someone comes along and says "you can just minimize Excel"
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OK - fess up.
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Chris Maunder
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Gimme a break - it was Monday
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...who answered "Jedi Mind Tricks"? 
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer.
People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage...
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These aren't the bugs we're looking for. They're just features...move on. 
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer.
People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage...
-Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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If your nose runs and your feet smell, then you're built upside down.
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... is those little pencil-eraser nubbin thingies on laptop keyboards.  Gawd how I hate those. I have great coordination and dexterity, yet I find it absolutely impossible to use them. 
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I am quite the opposite. I love the little pencil-eraser-thingy-that-gets-extra-dirty-while-you-use-it nubbin.
I can't STAND touchpads... And I hate it when a laptop comes with both and won't let you turn the touchpad off... My FFS, coupled with the touchpad, tends to make me do bad things to my computer... (like format a drive, accidently delete files, etc.)
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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I don't like touchpads, especially the touch-click option cuz sometimes I drag my files or folders somewhere else while I don't want to move
I think small ones like pen-rubbers are better than touchpads. However, I agree on that nothing can take the place of normal mouses.
P.S. Normal mouses=wireless,optical,at least 2 buttons,1roller
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Michael Dunn wrote:
especially how you can tap the pad to do a mouse click.
 You have no idea how many times I've clicked something I didn't mean to. 
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I agree. Rubber sticky thingy over a track pad anyday. Though neither come close to a good old mouse.
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RabidKangaroo wrote:
I am quite the opposite. I love the little pencil-eraser-thingy-that-gets-extra-dirty-while-you-use-it nubbin.
Yeah, "nubs" are great - mainly because you can operate the mouse without having to take your hands off the keyboard.
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Yes, I hate those too. I also hate touch pads. The only decent laptop pointer that I've ever seen (but unfortunately don't have) is a miniature mouse I saw once from IBM.
So normally I just carry a regular, full-sized mouse that I always plug into my laptop.
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Navin wrote:
Yes, I hate those too. I also hate touch pads.
Me too. Thats why I always carry an optical mouse with my laptop.
John
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Michael Dunn wrote:
those little pencil-eraser nubbin thingies on laptop keyboards.
Totally agree with you. That thing is evil. I ![Heart | [heart]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/love.gif) my touchpad. (Especially the fact that I can tap to click if I want.) However, I always carry around a normal Microsoft 5-button Intellimouse anyway...just cause it's easier to use.
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer.
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Optical mouse is the way to go...
btw: i call those do-hickies embedded in the laptop keyboard 'nipples'...kinda rings a bell 
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Why so few trackballers? It is far less effort to use than a mouse and a lot more precise? Wish I had one at work...
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the touchpads, especially how you can tap the pad to do a mouse click. 