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Old 11-14-2005, 01:46 AM
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When a hack is released in beta form you are going to confuse newcomers. They haven't been doing this long enough to grasp the basics yet. But they haven't been burned real bad either - yet - so they're going to venture in and try to install complex hacks and beta hacks. They really should hold off until they've been through some simple ones... but they really don't know that.

There's really only a couple of things the hack author can do to make this more clear -- warn inexperienced coders it's not a final release ... use good screenshots (as mentioned above) ... and keep updating the first and second post in the thread with the LATEST information and easy-to-find answers to those repeat questions they keep getting in the thread.

It's not just beginners who get lost in this. The rest of us get busy or we're too lazy. Alot of people just read the first 5 pages and the last 5 pages ONLY before scampering off to install it.
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