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IMHO, the worst manual I have seen was for a product called SoftSpeak (made
in the UK somewhere). It was completely in the wrong order, it was
"un-funny", and basically confusing. Jokes about Conan the Librarian did not
amuse me. The list of files that were on the diskette (for checking) was in
Chapter 5 or 6 I think. But other, reasonably good manuals have been let
down by one or two bombs, such as the Index being incorrect, the
illustrations being unreadable, or the language being just plain weird.
Martyn Thirlway
thirlwaym -at- usoft -dot- nl
Author of "Writing Software Documentation - A Practical Guide"
["This writing business, pencils and what-not. Overrated if you ask me."
Eeyore]
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