Sometimes I've picked up something in SL, an object
which "does something" and have no idea how to use
it.
For example, how often have you got something...
and this is often the case out of SL too... and the instructions
(if any) went like this:
"Here's my latest and greatest program which is really cool,
you can change anything you like, have fun."
er... ok... *how?"
Look, it doesn't take long to say something like:
"This is a program for improving flight, just open your inventory
and pull out "superwing" and drop it onto yourself to use it...
then fly in the usual manner and you will fly faster and higher
than usual".
Please bear in mind that just because you're a technical God,
a lot of people aren't... and because you know what a thing
does, it doesn't mean that it's completely obvious to others.
A person in that state will try something, find it doesn't do much
and toss it, and this is a shame if you've worked your backside
off and don't get the acclaim that you deserve.
I have had programs where I just couldn't seem to get anything
working, been completely non-plussed and tossed it.
On a rare occasion, a friend will get me started and the lightbulb
goes on, and I will love the thing.
And some people don't appear to test things first.
An example is a clock we got which is apparently able to do
various timezones, the instructions say to open the clock face
and pull out the settings note, and re-write the GMT....
but the entire thing was protected, meaning that while you could
see the note was there, there was no way to get at it.
Of course, even makers of actual gear like VCRs have written
attrocious manuals which made hardly any sense.
I have sometimes thought of starting a manual writing business
where a company sends me a gadget to play with, and I re-write
their weird and possibly chinglish laden script
Could be fun.
Wolfie!
