Middle aged women and zip files

How are you explaining it to them? The way I've always explained zip files to dense customers is with the Father Christmas analgey. All the presnents are "zipped" up in his sack and he has to "unzip" the sack in order for the kids to get their presents.

A little patronising? Maybe. But it's worked for me.

Now, if only I could figure out a way to explain to people how to send attachments via e-mail I'd be in Heaven.

 

I just dont try to make people (women) understand. Put it this way, I'll never understand washing cycles and cooking. (and have no intention of doing so)

Some things just are.

 

Mr Granny look this way please, yes look at the red dot.

ZAPPPP

Right, you did not see us and we are not zapping your work colleagues.

 

I find its not a women and age thing but just an age thing.

I cant get anyone over the age of 50 to work a bloody computer.

Have you tried sending office gossip and stupid cartoons about how the boss is stupid in zip format? I find that the one thing women do learn to use is outlook but only after they stop using it for work.

 

I'll Amen to that, we have a few here, sheeeesh, talking to a wall or what

 

Do what half the other businesses do and give up and block zips (and every other bloody attachment) for "security reasons".

 

I'd remove the "save to disk" part, simply open it directly from the e-mail, then a little explorer-like window can open and you can drag and drop them to your documents folder.

As long as the application that opens the ZIP into its little explorer-like window cannot do any auto-execution (like the built-in ZIP manager in Windows XP), then it's perfectly safe.

The "save to disk" is confusing, even I wonder where the hell I just saved it to.

Personally, if I was Mr E-Mail Administrator, I'd ban _all_ e-mail attachments, simply because there is no need, you should either:

(a) put the text in the e-mail itself.
(b) put the file on a shared area and post a link in the e-mail.

This would certainly cut down on traffic and would go some way to reducing the risk of virus infection, as well as eliminating the need for ZIP files entirely

 

My mum is abit useless at computery things like that...best solution...write it down step by step and give them all a print out of it which they can put next to their computers or stick to their monitors..hopefully they can then refer to that before hassling you.

 

I installed a pc and broadband at my parents about a year ago. Even after working with the pc, surfing and downloading lots and lots they still get confused by zip files.
They will download a program, open the zip file and click setup to install. Next time they want to run that program they will open the zip file again and try to run the installer again. 10 minutes later they'll call me asking why the program won't run anymore.

 

They maybe "pretending" to not understand all the time because they want you to physically pop down so they can check you out? Diet coke break anyone?

 

Am I the only one who read the title as 'Middle aged women and zip flies'? I swear, there's something not quite right with either my eyes or my brain, maybe both. I was expecting a tale of drunken debauchery and how arthritis had played havoc with garment removal in the heat of passion.

Imagine my disappointment.

 

And what is stopping you from putting this on an intranet/internet page and e-mailing the URL ? I ask this because Acrobat integration into Internet Explorer is actually quite good.

 

I'm with Babs on this one... sitting here expecting something else entirely!

Back to the Babe of the Day thread I suppose

 

* washes the google dust off his hands *

Looks like you arn't the only one

This product will automatically unzip e-mail attachments, as they say in their claims "Your secretary doesn't know what to do with ZIP archives? AZC is here to unpack all incoming archives.".

This product seems to be able to unzip on the Exchange Server.

 

Well, my mum can cope so nerr.

-- she's about the only one in my family who can mind...

 

well I bet my mum can cook better than your mum so nerr hehe

 

What is a zip file ?? I dont understand

 

Gosh I wish I had support calls that simple (the zip one)

 

That explains it m8 they are women

 

Perhaps a well-made tutorial will screenshots and a liberal helping of big, yellow Comic Sans will help.

 

A Mammas boy ?

 

No, perhaps just a good old-fashioned bloke. Can't say I understand washing, ironing, dishwashing or cooking that well, and I'm proud of this.


Proud to be a man.

 

Good point.

Use Comic Sans for everything for women. Its like Computer KY Jelly, they can't get enough of it and they'll love everything you liberally cover with it.

 

Does that happen a lot at the Royal Mail?

 

I saw the same thing, only realised half way through the first post. heh.