# Can we get a Usage Guide alongside the FAQ?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [21 במרץ,‏ 2014,‏ 3:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956 "2014-03-21T03:42:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [23 במרץ,‏ 2014,‏ 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-get-a-usage-guide-alongside-the-faq/13956/4 "2014-03-23T08:01:34Z")

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I’m gonna throw a

![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/2X/f/f703a84a4bcc155d2acd54ac092d88ed31a24539.jpg)

on this.

Who exactly is going to _read_ this? Tell me, who do you know that reads the usage guide for Halo before putting the disc in their Xbox?

(You’ll note that the “manual” for most games is that the first level is a de-facto tutorial. That’s the correct model here.)

Let’s focus on making the software easy to understand by _using it_, not writing a bunch of stuff that nobody’s gonna read. Trust me, the type of users you’d desperately want to read this are exactly the ones that never will. And the types of users that _do_ read it are the ones who don’t need to.

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