TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies

[Tilman Brandl]

Geoff,

guess I'll look at this more closely. My concern is that the screen (the 
one's I've seen) looks rather small, while my mother needs BIG letters the 
be able to read.

Thanks for the tip
Tilman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Geoff Glave" <misterclever at hotmail.com>
To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List" <list at tsgserver.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies


>
>
> I haven't laid my hands on one, but it *sounds* like the User Interface on 
> the Asus EEE may be what you're looking for?
>
> http://mozillalinks.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/eepc.png
>
> You'd want to hook up an external mouse, keyboard and monitor, but you 
> should be able to get those on Craiglist fairly cheaply.
>
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tilman Brandl"
>> To: "Tech Support Guy Mailing List"
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:08 AM
>> Subject: TSGL: Mail client for very old Oldies
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> not sure whether this is a feasable project - I'm trying to set up a 
>>> VERY
>>> simple PC with Email and Internet for my mother who is beyond 95 years 
>>> of
>>> age.
>>>
>>> Idea is, she would have the box on her desk, and after pressing the ON 
>>> key
>>> a simple interface would come up, even with a few big buttons like 'Read
>>> Mail', 'Send Mail to NNN', 'Send Mail to MMM' etc. Perhaps also a simple
>>> Internet Browser with as few options as possible, and maybe also a 
>>> button
>>> for dialing.
>>>
>>> This means the programs she would use should be VERY simple, adaptable
>>> (mainly visually, i.e. big font characters) and with low maintenance 
>>> needs
>>> (I'm seeing her once a week and of course would prefer not to spend our
>>> time on tech stuff).
>>>
>>> Preferably the OS would/should be Windows since this is what I know 
>>> best.
>>> Could I do this with Outlook Express + IE ? Any other mail client with
>>> *simple* user interface?
>>>
>>> So far this all is preparatory + experimental only - I'm not sure that
>>> I'll be able to make this work well enough....
>>>
>>> Any ideas you might have are welcome !
>>> TVMIA
>>>
>>> Tilman