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Jun 27, 2011
A manual should contain the information needed to shorten "fiddle with the buttons" method. But since most manual are nothing but a bunch of useless "Do not give the mower to your child" and "CAUTION: coffee can be hot" warnings, I usually start fiddling right away.
 
 
May 20, 2011
Does anyone really read manuals? I find them confusing more than helpful myself. I learn by doing, not by reading about it and I was under the impression most guys were that way.
 
 
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Jun 20, 2010
I found I can usually figure any consumer electronic device out without instructions except for Digital Thermostats.
 
 
May 17, 2010
Weeeelll, I just try to make something work, assuming that the design is somehow logical and/or userfriendly enough to make it work without having to read the manual.

When I'm hopelessly stuck or bored I usually try to read the instructions.

But most of the time it works using the "noread" approach. In the old days, I got a lot of games from friends for my C=64 and they never came without any instructions at all.
And those occasions when I connected devices incorrectly, they never blew up and I was able to correct it.
 
 
Feb 17, 2010
If i never read the instructions, i would probably be typing this comment from inside some sort of small appliance.
 
 
 
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