08-28-2015, 12:39 AM
(08-27-2015, 01:37 PM)Hiram E. Varona_imp Wrote: Gentlemen, has it occurred to anyone that sending photographs through or by "photobucket" is an impossible technological feat for some of us? I have tried many times to follow the steps provided by many a helpful forum member, and have yet been able to post a single picture through photobucket. The procedures sound simple enough. The problem is in my lack of computer knowledge necessary to post a picture successfully. I have the latest Nikon available (a birthday gift from last year), and have experience taking pictures for more than 40 years. Every time I use that camera, I must read the manual more than once to understand how it works! The one time I posted a picture it was my daughter's handiwork. When one is not up on computer technology or worse yet the "language" required to understand the instructions, it becomes a lost cause. There are so many pictures I would love to post on this forum, but I may as well try and make the "Mars Rover" maneuver on a planet I know nothing of. Sorry to butt in on this subject but I've totally given up on this, and now I'm reminded of the past failures.
Hiram, No, I don't think it is. You just have to learn a new skill set, like the rest of us did. I believe you said you taught highly technical stuff to others, so you obviously have the ability to grasp and understand technical things, and even teach those things to others.
I can't stress this enough, if you want to post pictures and have only been able to do it with your daughters help, invite her over, get a yellow note pad, and have her instruct you step by step and you write it down so that YOU can understand and repeat it. Write it down in language you understand. Instead of saying "right click" say "press right hand side of mouse pad" if you must. The language doesn't matter. Do it while she is seated beside you following the instructions you wrote down, and don't let her leave until you have a grasp on it. That is how I learned. My son taught me. After doing it a few times it will become second nature to you as it has to many of us in your age group who had very little computer experience. When I started just a few years ago I could literally not turn the computer on and off. I was afraid of doing anything for fear of breaking it or locking it up. I was nearing retirement and was assured there was a whole new world available thanks to computers if I would just take the time to learn the very rudimentary skills. They were right. Things like google, and youtube, have been amazing and opened up a while new world to me.
Want to learn most anything? ask google or youtube. Simply astonishing. You can even ask you tube how to post pictures from photobucket. There are videos on it, but I suggest the one on one with your daughter.
" impossible technological feat?" Hardly!