Reforms

[A_Dane]

Actually, I think people miss the stickies and the top of boards, (I'm not sure why, but I've been on other forums, where something got asked several times a week, despite a "mega-thread" was stickied with huge letters on the top of the forum
I personally always go straight to FAQ's (starting the DL might precede it), simply because I know it's (or should be atleast), condensed information.
I'm not sure why I've done this.. Probably because I hate starting new threads, (which in turn probably comes from my irrational fear of sounding stupid :)), and I hate spending time searching for stuff..

I can however see, that people might think it's not been posted too often, or that's it's simply not an issue they think people bothered using time on?
In the end, I don't know why it is like this, I can only say it's my experience, that people miss the FAQ's :p

[Lysimachos]

For me, it is important to know what exactly I'm downloading. Skimming the "eff-ay-que" usually is very useful in that regard. If the particular FAQ have the questions listed at the top, I can see if there is something worth reading further, but that is nothing I can decide before at least looking into the thread.
It's a shame so many people seem to think they already know everything necessary and don't bother reading FAQs or readmes, for that matter. The world would be a better place