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Well, maybe the manual was bad, maybe it wasn't, but without any
studies to say what is or is not acceptable/beneficial/usable or a
nightmare, beauty is left for the beholders to bicker about.
Jason Sayz:
So, if the majority of the users think a manual sucks, but we perform a
study that says it doesn't, can we tell the users that they are morons?