> Of course, at some point, when he wanted to do complex stuff, he watched YouTube videos etc. But at this point he had already created many hours of content.

> Of course, at some point, when he wanted to do complex stuff, he watched YouTube videos etc. But at this point he had already created many hours of content. He presumably had previous experience with operating other GUI programs, and experience with standard computer concepts like programs and files. The big benefit here is that a lot of GUI paradigms are shared between very different kinds of programs, so something that would've been explained in text in a bound manual in the past gets covered very early on, either through experimentation, or someone explaining it. > People learn by watching much better than they do by reading a manual Depends. Is it something highly visual? Or is there an intuitive visualization of a concept that I need a high-level understand of? Then sure, a video illustration is invaluable. Video was wonderful for learning to disassemble the trunk of my car to install a backup camera, replace my garbage disposal, and (back in the day) get an intuitive grasp of how sorting operations work. I hate videos for programming tutorials. They're slow, awkward, difficult to jump around easily, use a boatload of bandwidth, and are a hassle to save for later.