"Life it too short to read the manual"

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(09-17-2018 05:59 AM)cyrille de brébisson Wrote:  Hello,

Since this is a topic that flares up regullary in this forum, I wanted to post this link to a very serious study, winner of the ig Nobel pice!

The gist of the study is on user manuals and their uses.
It states that older men are most likely to actuall read the manual than any other class of the population.
Young people do not read manuals.

https://academic.oup.com/iwc/article/28/1/27/2363584

Happy reading.

Cyrille

I love reading manuals. I need to have the manual open and follow along pressing buttons as I go. I can read at my own pace. I can't usually follow tutorials on YouTube very well since they go too fast and usually aren't for the exact version I have. When menus change between versions, following along is very difficult without a lot of pausing and rewinding.
My kids are the exact opposite. They can't understand written manuals very well although their reading skills are above average for other material. They can watch a YouTube video and operate the equipment flawlessly after one run-through.