Inkscape shiny arrow - redundant

So people are complaining about the existence of too many redundant Inkscape tutorials for simple things.
As an author of such basic tutorials I obviously disagree (how about many more redundant Illustrator or Photoshop tutorials?) and I join Ryan in his move and I present:

Inkscape shiny arrow

When I write on by blog the blurb for an Inkscape tutorial I usually present the process by showing the start image, the end image and an arrow like this:

So how I do those arrows?

• with the Bézier tool draw a rough arrow
• edit the nodes and make the lines slightly curved
• fill with a bright color, like this light green
• change the fill in a gradient
• increase the width of the stroke
• use the same gradient for the stroke as with the fill but with inversed start and end points
• add a slight Blur shadow
• optionally, add a glossy area (white to transparent gradient)

Spread the meme!