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Writing a Friendly README – a short guide on user-focused documentation

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Re: Writing a Friendly README – a short guide on user-focused documentation

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He neglects to mention the new trend of adding images and in particular screen caps with animated gifs. In my opinion this new trend has been a major improvement to READMEs. I can often just watch the demo to both understand what it is and even how to use it. This helps since I'm often too lazy to read the whole thing.