@ Kara Pernice
Director of Research at Nielsen Norman Group
With the baby boomer generation on the brink of becoming a tidal wave of silver surfers, we should be seeing a vast number of web users already web/cyber literate. Should we not be addressing a wider ... Show more »With the baby boomer generation on the brink of becoming a tidal wave of silver surfers, we should be seeing a vast number of web users already web/cyber literate. Should we not be addressing a wider age demographic in regard to accessabilty, use and standards? Do you think it would be useful to start with the oldest surfers discussing these issues with the next gerneration down, the baby boomers who take the web for granted, but have yet to completely experience the challenges of growing older? Like other cultural traditions handed down, maybe we need listen to our elders and discuss with the next generation in order to discover the next enhancemets that will make the world wide web and even more powerful tool available to even more people both young and old? Show less »