When I got my first computer in 1984, I hooked it up to the TV, turned it on, and was dumped immediately into BASIC. The computer also came with a thick manual

When I got my first computer in 1984, I hooked it up to the TV, turned it on, and was dumped immediately into BASIC. The computer also came with a thick manual that not only described how to set up the computer, but how to program in BASIC, with lots of examples. Today? You may get a manual describing the computer, but that's it---how to set it up and turn it on (if that). The software comes preinstalled and if you want manuals, it's off to the Internet (either Google or Amazon). I've been using Firefox since the days of Mozilla, and I didn't even know about F12 (then again, I haven't done any serious web development since 1999 so perhaps it's not surprising).