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Spin Zone => Spin Zone => Topic started by: Rush on October 12, 2025, 10:52:52 AM

Title: No instructions
Post by: Rush on October 12, 2025, 10:52:52 AM

This trend of not including any written instructions but “Point your phone at this square of gobbledeegook,” for the assembly instructions is pure evil.

Title: Re: No instructions
Post by: Username on October 12, 2025, 01:45:59 PM

Totally agree.  At least have some sort of quick start manual.  Generally I think that if I can't figure it out right out of the box then it has a bad user interface.  But these days I need some sort of hint manual to figure it out.  NO, I don't want to look up the manual on the Internet.  NO I don't want to buy a subscription to use the thing I just bought.  Can someone PLEASE hire a native English speaker to write the manual?  Or at least check it over?  Run it through AI?  SOMETHING???  And get rid of all the warning labels saying don't stick the rake up my butt.  Those are the first things I cut off the power cables that get in the way when I try to plug the stupid thing in.  And would it hurt designers of the stupid wall warts to make the wire come off the side so it doesn't block the other plug?

And keep those kids off my lawn.

Title: Re: No instructions
Post by: Bob Noel on October 12, 2025, 01:54:13 PM

Quote from: Username on October 12, 2025, 01:45:59 PM

...  Can someone PLEASE hire a native English speaker to write the manual? ...

What makes you think a "native English speaker" could actually write something clear and concise?   ;-)

Title: Re: No instructions
Post by: Little Joe on October 12, 2025, 03:01:41 PM

I don't know what's worse.  Taking you're chances with a QR Code that contains who-knows-what security breaches,

Or those tiny little pictograms that have been included in a few of the things that I bought recently that needed "some assembly".

Title: Re: No instructions
Post by: jb1842 on October 13, 2025, 05:12:15 AM

There are a couple of local restaurants that want you to scan a QR code for a menu. No. Bring me a paper menu.

Title: Re: No instructions
Post by: Rush on October 13, 2025, 05:18:26 AM

Quote from: jb1842 on October 13, 2025, 05:12:15 AM

There are a couple of local restaurants that want you to scan a QR code for a menu. No. Bring me a paper menu.

They tried that during covid at the best restaurant around here but customers weren’t having it. People demanded real menus and so they switched to single use paper before eventually going back to the regular plastic covered ones.