Re: Text vs. video

From	Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Text vs. video
Date	2025-09-02 14:40 -0700
Organization	dis
Message-ID	<1097o83$pg9a$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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On 9/2/25 14:22, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> [Warning: thread drift]
> 
> On 2025-09-02, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
>> 	Hate to waste my time on video so ignore YouTube
> 
> Ah, someone else who feels the way I do.  When I'm trying to
> search the web for instructions on how to do something, I skip
> over videos in favour of text descriptions (which means that
> I skip most hits).  I hate the idea of having to sit through
> 20 minutes of video which proceeds at a glacial pace with no
> easy, accurate way to skip ahead.  Text descriptions, on the
> other hand, allow you to skip ahead or jump around at your
> discretion, and let you find something in 30 seconds.
> And many videos are very poorly done - not even a rehearsal
> or gathering of relevant material before hitting the record
> button.  Ready, fire, aim.  (In some cases it would be more
> accurate to say "fire, aim, ready".)
> 

	Aim, Action, un-Ready-  as in Lights, camera, action then weeks of editing.
But the long exposition of computer videos are very tiring.  I can, or 
could not
so long ago, read 500 words/minute and scan much faster for the exact 
subject
and topic I need to find if it is something that is not in my own brain.
	Most people do not read so fast so maybe videos are needed.
	
	bliss

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