bug #54628

[Jeff Schering]

On 12/11/06, Will Simpson <linux.photo.geek at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that the bug is referring to the front page of Ubuntu Help via
> YELP not the wiki. This page has a mix of installed help and online
> links. The bug points out that maybe it should be clearer which is
> which. This would be helpful for those users that want help but can't
> get online. Also the users that will need the most help will be those
> looking for beginner desktop help. Making one of the links "Getting
> Started" or "Start Here" and making it prominent might be helpful.
>
> Remember we are designing the help system not for us. We already know
> the difference between on-line help and installed documentation and
> between "New to Ubuntu", "Working with your desktop" and "Server
> administration and maintenance".  I might suggest the top link should
> be "Help for new users" followed by "Help for experienced users and
> server admins" followed by "Discover the Ubuntu philosophy"
>
>
> Will Simpson
> irc nick: linuxphotogeek
> http://willsimpson.org
>

Some interesting points above. I'm copying this reply to the ubuntu
mailing list.

However, the title of the bug report is "link to HTML on h.u.c. has
unclear function", where h.u.c. is shorthand for
https://help.ubuntu.com

Cheers,
Jeff

> On 12/11/06, Jeff Schering <jeffschering at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/11/06, Jonathan Jesse <jjesse at iserv.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Just wondering how to respond or what needs to do get this bug closed.
> > >
> >
> > It looks to me like he's saying that (for eg.)
> >
> > "Ubuntu Desktop Guide - HTML, PDF"
> >
> > should be changed to something more meaningful. Instead of having the
> > text "HTML" as the link to the online docs and the text "PDF" as the
> > link to the printable version, the links should be, for example:
> >
> > "Ubuntu Desktop Guide - Read Online (HTML), Printable version (PDF, 683K)"
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jeff
> >
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>


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