Women Need Larger Screens for Desktop Navigation?

Mac of Macistan writes "In a recent article in the New Scientist, Microsoft's R&D claims that women have a harder time navigating the desktop because their spatial abilities are roughly 20% lower than men's abilities. Maybe Linux UI people can get a jump on MS by making KDE/Gnome more accessible to more females."

Comments

yeah, but a real world solution....

[tooninja]

Female architects, designers, trainee pilots and even computer gamers should be given much wider computer screens

Okay, we understand there is a problem; But if a female gets a bigger screen then the equal male is going to want the
identical, and likely nicer, larger model too.

So if the male gets the bigger screen too, is he still at an advantage?
Or are you going to give bigger screens only to women? Most men are going to naturally want equal resources
in the case of superior technology.

okay where are the Psych and Soc majors when you need them...

It's the size of the Toy that Matters

[rodney dill]

Of course the comparison between Men and Women in this case assumes that Women would continue to use constantly larger desk tops then Men.

This is comparable to saying that Women are in less fatal car accidents when they consistently use SUV's that are 25% larger than Men's SUVs.

The advantage is illusory as Men would also adopt the larger desktop and gain back any advantage that they have. Sounds like a marketing ploy to sell the latest, and greatest products.