Getting more comfortable with your computer (pt 1):Working with (small 'w') windowsby Alan Zisman (c) 2017http://zisman.ca/filemanagement email: alan@zisman.ca Italian translation by James Galea |
Contents: | This is part one of a two-part
introduction to working with windows, files, folders and drives on
laptop and desktop computers. It
accompanies a series of workshops given at Vancouver's Brock House.
You can find Part 2 here. Modern laptop and desktop computers all use similar 'user interfaces' - the way the computer shows information to the user and the way the user interacts with the computer. Whether you are using some version of Windows, a Mac, or another alterative, you are working with ideas that were first popularized in the mid-1980s and were refered to then as a 'WIMP' interface: using windows, icons, menus, and a pointer (a mouse or trackpad). Smartphones and tablets don't use this style of user interface - but what we're doing today will help you feel more comfortable with your laptop or desktop computer. We'll be using Windows 10 in our images - but everything we discuss can be applied to other Windows versions, Macs, etc - differences for Mac-users will be pointed out. |
Windows buttons: minimize, maximize, close | Mac buttons: close, minimize, maximize |