Help page design, and the future of the Ubuntu Desktop Guide

[Corey Burger]

On 7/27/06, Duncan Lithgow <duncan at lithgow-schmidt.dk> wrote:
> I have a very simple request which I think belongs on this thread.
>
> 1. Find someone with little tech experience and get them to
> help.ubuntu.com
> 2. Ask them to get find the answer some to unimportant question.
> 3. Now, notice if they have a clue what HTML means after the name of the
> guide.
>
> My suggestion is that prominence be given to the html pages by linking
> them with some appropriate text, and that the PDF file be given a lower
> visual priority. More people understand that a pdf is a downloadable
> file than understand that HTML is the text to click on to read the
> online version.
>
> Duncan

I would recommend duplicating the better desktop[2] stuff. If you are
doing user testing, might as well do full blown stuff and actually
record everything.

[1] http://www.betterdesktop.org/blog/

Corey