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Thread: Does anyone ever actually read the "readme"?

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    I was just getting some new addons and it dawned on me that the first thing i do is delete the readme file that comes with it. And it occurs to me that this is most likely what people do. I dont think anyone ever reads the readme anymore, cause more often than not, they already know what to do. So, i'm curious. Who actually reads these things?
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    I do, always!

    And if some mod-maker reads this:
    Could you name your addon-readme files "XXXXreadme.txt" instead of
    just "readme.txt", because if you would do that, it would be easy just to extract
    the .PBO and the readme to the addon directory, and maybe read the readme
    after the addon is installed?

    Just my 2 cents..

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    I used too when OFP was a very new thing to me. But now i guess the only time i read them is when im installing a sound pack. Thats only the time i read it. Otherwise i just dont. Cause they all say the same thing.

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    Readme... whats a Readme? Sounds like asking for instructions, and Im dead set against that.

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    </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Jester983 @ Aug. 26 2002,22:42)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Cause they all say the same thing.[/QUOTE]<span id='postcolor'>
    Thats funny, cause most of them do. I make it a point to set my Readme&#39;s appart from the crowd by naming them different things, and not writing them as if i&#39;m talking in mono-tone.

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    Hmm we should think of some good titles for the readmes.

    How bout : "Youd better read this you moron&#33;"



    I wish they would make it sorta interesting. Not all monotone like aculaud said.

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    lol

    I named one: You dont have to read me, but you may want to

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    Or heres a another one "If you dont read this your computer will have the trojan virus&#33;"

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    How about this: "My sisters phone number"

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    i always read the readme file. i might encounter some useful info for addon. but not too seriously.

    the name &#39;README&#39; has been around for LONG time. I remember reading README.txt in old dos, using type(?) command

    so it&#39;s a tradition
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