Window Resizing. Intuitive?
The last few weeks, I’ve been going up to Richmond Hill to visit my parents on Sundays. I’ve gone 3 Sundays in a row, which I’ve gotten quite used to. I like seeing my parents on Sundays, and eating Korean Food.
The reason for my weekly visit however, have been because I’ve set up a computer to my dad’s big-screen television in the living room, so that he can stream some Korean television programs off the net. I went back 3 times because each time I ran into a bunch of problems, and needed to regroup, and get new parts, or cables, etc.
I also gave my parents my digital camera, seeing as I barely ever use the thing anymore. So I taught my dad how to use Picasa, and import his photos, and email photos, which as it turns out came really handy.
It wasn’t even 30 minutes that I had left the house, finally satisfied with the new setup I had left my parents. Computer in the living room, wi-fi connection, and a new digital camera. But just 30 minutes later, I got a call from my dad. These days, a call from my dad usually means he needs some tech support.
“Something’s happened to ‘the firefox’” my dad says on the phone.
“Can you describe it?”
“Well, you know those quicklink things you setup for me, I can see that, but the picture is covering it. I can’t see anything” he said.
Totally confused, I tried to hash out what happened for about 10 minutes before giving up. “Sorry dad, I don’t know what the problem is. I’ll have to fix it next week” I said much to his dismay. Because it meant for another week he could use the computer on the big screen. After I hung up, I had a revelation.
I called my dad back and told him to take a picture of the screen, so I can see the problem. I was happy with my genius idea until 5 minutes later when he called back because he forgot how to email a photo already
I finally manage to receive a photo from my dad of the screen and here’s what I got.
It turns out my mom had played around with the computer managed to 1. disconnect the wi-fi connection, and 2. resize the firefox window really small so they couldn’t see anything. The picture covering the firefox window, was just the background picture.
It then took me a good 10 minutes to get my dad understanding the concept of borders, and resizing, and moveable windows. It was cute actually. I’ve been impressed how much my father is adopting technology.
“They’ve surpassed me!” my brother exclaimed when I told him I was installing a computer on our parents tv. It’s true. My dad checks his emails and uses the internet more frequently than my brother does.