Bug 466930 - Getting Started -> Basic Tutorial gives no navigation info
Summary: Getting Started -> Basic Tutorial gives no navigation info
Status: ASSIGNED
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Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Doc (show other bugs)
Version: 4.5   Edit
Hardware: All All
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: Platform-Doc-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2015-05-10 10:24 EDT by Steve Bonds CLA
Modified: 2015-05-11 10:02 EDT (History)
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Screenshot showing Basic Tutorial end user view (184.98 KB, image/png)
2015-05-10 10:24 EDT, Steve Bonds CLA
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Description Steve Bonds CLA 2015-05-10 10:24:03 EDT
Created attachment 253366 [details]
Screenshot showing Basic Tutorial end user view

The newbie page at Workbench User Guide -> Getting started seems to be a dead-end for new users. As this is likely to be one of the first places people go when they start using Eclipse, this page really needs to be easy to follow.

As a workaround, I was able to open the table of contents, expand Basic Tutorial, and could then use the table of contents to navigate. I suspect many new users would not find this, though. Note that the "forward arrow" also does nothing.

For how the page currently looks, see attached screenshot.

My suggestion would be a link to the next section and go with a relatively linear page progression. New users like simple structure-- they can expand outward once they learn the basics. For example, "The Workbench" might need a forward nav link to Editors and Views, and a backward nav link to Getting started, etc.

Alternatively some text on the Getting started page directing the user to the table of contents might also be useful. (Yes, I know it was on the main page, but they're not looking at that right now.)