My favourite, and my wife has done this, is taking a
screenshot of a note, then sending that note over the
phone. Instead of just typing the note.
That might be a good way to communicate an access code or the
the instructions for the secret location of a physical key.
Obfuscated like the Captcha codes? Could be.
Part of this is the way the system is designed, it becomes
easier to do things the very inefficient way, than the
efficient way. People don't learn how to take screenshots
on their computer, or how to copy and paste.
I think it's just time for most people. And that works in both directions. I mean given enough time, the user might discover
the added things they could do like crop and enhance. Or, they
simply don't feel they have the time to figure it out at the
moment.
I think its the latter. Each time someone needs to so something, it needs to be done then and there, so they use the only thing they know. Then they forget about it until the next time it becomes urgent. The reason that my workflows are different, is I choose a time when its not urgent, or anticipate what I might need to do, and figure out how to do it better in advance. I separate the "learning" from the "doing" so the learning cost is moved to when it can be borne, shortening the "doing". If you have to learn and do at the same time, when you need it done then and there, then you can't budget for both, and you chose the more inefficient method, because even if it takes longer, its within your time budget.
In the short term, it falls within budget, but in the long term, its more costly. Seems a common problem really.
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