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#1 User is offline   babalu1997 

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Posted 2017-January-14, 18:04

Hello bboer's

I am writing on behalf of one of my partners who is a naive computer user.

Her computer has the old bbo at startup, and that is how she logs in, she does not even know how to log off.

When I try to tell her what to do, like ' go to your browser', she does not understand the terminology.

I am sure there are many users in this situation.

I was wondering if one savvy member could make a youtube video to help these users, showing them how to start the browser, and perhaps even update java.

the link to the video could then be posted and shared.

Thanks.

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2017-January-15, 01:15

How would she get to youtube to view the video, if unable to open a browser?

I take it that English is not her first language?
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Posted 2017-January-15, 13:09

If she uses the Internet, she uses a browser. It's probably Internet Explorer, tell her to use that.

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Posted 2017-January-15, 17:21

View Post1eyedjack, on 2017-January-15, 01:15, said:

How would she get to youtube to view the video, if unable to open a browser?

I take it that English is not her first language?


I could send her the youtube link and then she can click it.

She agreed to hire a computer techie to come to her home and I wrote a list of things for her to tell him to do.

the difficulty for her is real folks, she is 85 yo with parkinson's and even requires someone to assist with the operation of her cell phone.

even before bbo announced the change I had been asking my friends to switch, many of them have not, not even having any legitimate reason for doing so.

View PostFree, on 2011-May-10, 03:57, said:

Babalu just wanted a shoulder to cry on, is that too much to ask for?
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Posted 2017-January-15, 17:37

In theory, the following should work

1. Set BBO as the home page for a web browser

2. Add the web browser into the startup menu for WIndows.

I would think that this would duplicate the behaviour that you are looking for
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Posted 2017-January-15, 22:17

Presumably she currently has shortcuts to the download client and her email client on her desktop, just to function as she does. So our aim is to add a shortcut on the desktop that simply launchest a hyperlink to BBO. That would auto open her default browser in the process.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2017-January-16, 00:15

View Postbabalu1997, on 2017-January-15, 17:21, said:

I could send her the youtube link and then she can click it.

Perhaps you could email her a hyperlink to BBO and she can click that? Doesn't sound like a permanent fix, and guess you have already done that.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.

Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mPosted ImagesPosted ImagetPosted Imager-mPosted ImagendPosted Imageing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.

"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"

"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2017-January-16, 02:39

To open BBO click on this link http://www.bridgebase.com/ Then click the big LOGIN button.
Here it is a very useful slideshow of highlights http://www.bridgebase.com/doc/slide/

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