On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 9:42 AM, John Carter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Feb 2009, Stephen Irons wrote: > >> [1] Does anyone else read instruction manuals cover to cover? For >> pleasure? For devices you don't own, but are thinking of buying? For devices >> you aren't even thinking of buying? > > > > ...a rapid scan and skip approach is called for rather than "cover to > cover". Reading them word for word causes extreme high blood pressure > and me Old Grannies revolutionary songs spring into mind. > > If I'm thinking of buying, the "how you do X" part of the reference > manual is usually the fastest and most reliable indicator of the > exactly what it is and the degree of reality of an advertized feature. > > And no, I haven't read the manual on the netbook cover to cover yet, > since it mostly refers to software that doesn't exist on there > anymore. :-) But I did read all (content) in my camera manual. :-)
Mostly they sem to contain drivel about interference with other devices, the evils of inserting your VCR in a bathtub or leaving your 46 inch TV outside in the rain.
