Easy email for Grandpa?

Colorado_mom
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:34:32 +0000

“I might suggest if this doesn’t seem too odd or personal to your dad that whatever account you set up, that you also have his sign-in info to log on” - I have his pw. We need to have that setup so that I can ocassionally help him out (verify gmail is ok, reset pw, explain an email, whatever). I usually don’t read the email unless he asks. That respects his privacy and also keeps “unread” sorted at top.

Hmm… have not looked at Hotmail yet. I will take a look. I’m trying to get dad’s wife to find out which email systems that “friends say are easier than gmail” - then maybe I could perhaps entice her to give it a try and she’d have a local backup coach.

"What about getting him an ipad and looking at his email from there. No mouse, just point at stuff. " - That was part of our original shopping with him, before we selected a laptop. Oh my, the touchscreen did not go well for him. At least with the laptop he had some comfort with keyboard navigation due to prior experience. And larger screen was good too. Alas, the mouse is more of a challenge…especially if he has been away from it. I love his positive spirit though whenever getting back into the groove.