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How do I make a Win10 laptop as usable for a physically and mentally handicapped patient as possible?
I'm this guy's caretaker. I told his family they should get him a tablet for Christmas but instead they got the cheapest laptop they can find and I'm trying to make the best of it for him. I removed as much bloat as I can and gave him Google chrome with ublock origin and Avast Antivirus with minimal installation settings and the pop up reminders set to only last like 2 seconds.
I made his icons and mouse pointers as big as windows would let me and made sure chrome was the only icon on his screen. (He only wants to go on Facebook and YouTube as far as I know. Communication is difficult with him sometimes.)
Even then, he still needs me to reinstruct him on getting online.
Does /g/ have any advice for how I can greater improve his ease of access? I know all I've done so far is pretty normie tier but it's his computer and I want to minimize the amount of technical stuff he needs to potentially deal with.
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>>58271937
How about a web kiosk mode where Windows boots to a fullscreen browser and doesn't let you exit?
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>>58271937
>chrome was the only icon on his screen.
>Even then, he still needs me to reinstruct him on getting online.
>Facebook and YouTube as far as I know.
Why not three icons: Facebook, Youtube and Chrome so he does not need to even click that chrome icon most of the time.
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>>58271961
This is even better idea than mine >>58271977
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>How do I make a Win10 laptop as usable for a physically and mentally handicapped patient as possible?
install gentoo
(here are the accesability options in windows 10: https://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/windows10/ )
I have no idea what other things that can be done.
>He only wants to go on Facebook and YouTube as far as I know
what about making one icon for each on the desktop? Windows 10 is likely the hardest of the big OS available to use for someone who is tech illiterate.
Even several Linux flavors like Ubuntu and Mint is much easier to use. I always install ubuntu for old family members. Windows 10 can even be confusing to people who used windows for a long time due to that start screen and you have to look hard to get out of it.
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I didn't even think of just putting shortcuts to Facebook or Youtube on his screen. I'll try that and see if it cuts down on him needin help.
While I'm here, is there someway with Chrome or any other browser I can prevent him from opening lots of empty New Tabs? I don't even know how he's doing it, but when I check the computer in the morning there they are.
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>>58272085
you can try some addon to disable the new tab hotkey?
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>>58271937
Retards should be gassed
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>>58273183
I agree, why are you still here though?
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