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[Ted Felix <ted@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

martin.g.h.krueger's comment about signing the code of conduct might be
better served in its own bug report.  However, I think Martin's
intention was to illustrate a situation where if the help for launchpad
were easier to find, he might not be having so much trouble.  My own
situation involves the meaning of the various status values in a bug
report (New, Confirmed, etc...).  However, I won't go into detail as it
strikes me that there's a simple fix that would solve multiple problems.

The main point of this bug report is that as Matthew Revell states,
"Launchpad is a complex web application the interface of which does not
yet fully explain how to use it."  If launchpad is self-explanatory, why
is there a "What is launchpad?"/"Take a tour" link?  Wouldn't that be
unnecessary?  I would go further to say that no UI can ever truly be
self-explanatory.

I agree with Matthew Paul Thomas.  Having a user guide is no excuse for
a poor user interface.  I think a balance must be struck between a great
UI and a great User Guide.  That's not easy to do.  But making the User
Guide hard to find is not going to automatically improve the UI.

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