3.) Nobody reads the documentation anyway. People hate reading documentation almost as much as they hate writing it. When's the last time you bought something and actually read the manual that came with it? Reading documentation is boring and tedious, especially when most of it is so poorly written. People would rather tinker, then ask someone else for help when they break something, rather than slogging through documentation.
Every few years I go out and buy a copy of FreeBSD Unleashed. Used to buy the books direct from CDROM.com waaay back in the day. So yes, some folks do actually buy the manuals to read them.
Why would I want to 'tinker' with stuff when I can read the documentation and have a better chance of success at what I am attempting to do. So may 'professional' developers these days think that tinkering = hacking which eventually leads to greatness... feh. The real professional realizes that they don't know something and makes a solid attempt at learning it first, before coding a solution.
Slashdot Mirror
I came up with this powershell bit one day after switching over and finding the center text annoying as well. Hokey as all heck.
$CmdWindowProperties = (Get-Host).UI.RawUI
$CmdWindowProperties.WindowTitle = " Forced left-justified title.".PadRight(1023)
The flat borders suck as well as the default massive thickness of window borders. "Tiny Windows Borders" from WinAero fixes that, for free even.
+1 for the Knots Landing ref.
3.) Nobody reads the documentation anyway. People hate reading documentation almost as much as they hate writing it. When's the last time you bought something and actually read the manual that came with it? Reading documentation is boring and tedious, especially when most of it is so poorly written. People would rather tinker, then ask someone else for help when they break something, rather than slogging through documentation.
Every few years I go out and buy a copy of FreeBSD Unleashed. Used to buy the books direct from CDROM.com waaay back in the day. So yes, some folks do actually buy the manuals to read them.
Why would I want to 'tinker' with stuff when I can read the documentation and have a better chance of success at what I am attempting to do. So may 'professional' developers these days think that tinkering = hacking which eventually leads to greatness... feh. The real professional realizes that they don't know something and makes a solid attempt at learning it first, before coding a solution.
RTFM FTW!