Comment 18 for bug 778289

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Joaquin (jknvv13) wrote : Re: [Bug 778289] Re: Help button in Unity default launcher

Well, on Ubuntu from 4.10 to 11.04 (classic session) there was a help icon.
El 26/09/2011 11:01, "John Lea" <email address hidden> escribió:
> To clarify why this is a 'opinion', it is because this bug is a feature
> request, not a identification of broken functionality (e.g. 'in the
> following circumstance XXX functionality is broken")
>
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> Title:
> Help button in Unity default launcher
>
> Status in Ayatana Design:
> Opinion
> Status in Unity:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: unity
>
> Previous editions of Ubuntu have always had a help button in the panel
> as one of the (very few) default launcher items. In 11.04 this button
> is not in the Unity launcher and I think it should be added, for
> several reasons:
>
> 1. Unity is a new interface and it takes people a little bit of time and
some help to find out how to use it properly.
> 2. Some intensive work prior to (and shortly after) the release has led to
a very good set of help pages which cover how to use Unity.
> 3. Yelp has had a face lift in version 3 and now loads *much* more quickly
than it used to.
> 4. The documentation has had a massive overhaul and is now *much* more
navigable and useful than it was.
>
> To see the current documentation run "yelp" on an updated Natty system
> or browse to here:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/ubuntu-help/index.html
>
> I think that users would benefit from such an icon not only in 11.10
> but also as an update to 11.04, especially given that 11.04 is the
> first release to feature Unity.
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