Among the growing list of pet peeves we accumulate as we age, few rank higher than unusable user manuals, at least in my house. Just say the words “user manual” to my husband and you can almost see ...

Some user manuals are a frustration, some are a pleasure – and all reveal more about us than we might think. Maybe you diligently read an instruction manual from cover to cover before you even turn on ...

For the most part, the iPhone "just works" out of the box. You don't need to read an iPhone user manual to start using the handset. It's effortless to set it up and start taking advantage of its most ...

May 6, 2008 There are a million reasons why your user manual gets separated from your gizmo, but the universal law of gadgetry stipulates that it does, and most importantly, it isn’t available when ...

In the olden days—say, the 1980s—if you bought a piece of technology, a paperback user guide came with it. It was the manufacturer's one big chance to explain its engineers' thinking to you, to ...