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Women Need Larger Screens for Desktop Navigation?

Posted by michael on from the francis'-2000"-LCD dept.

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."

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  1. yeah, but a real world solution.... by tooninja · · Score: 1, Redundant

    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...