There is a little something that’s bugging me with the website architecture and I would like to share it with the community. I’m putting myself in the shoes of someone using Unity for the first time and trying to find the ‘real’ documentation.
Naturally, I would go into the “Unity” sub-category, however that page is about marketing information. I would have to click on a 3rd level link to get, at the bottom, a link to the documentation… which is also defeating the overall theme of the “Resource” information box that is at the end of the page and different from the “Unity” category home page.
Alternatively, I could visit the “Community” category; it does have ‘documentation’ in a secondary link of the forum but quite easy to miss also.
But, and I know it might be a bit of a stretch, if I were to miss all those “secondary” reference and dig as to where the documentation is, I’ll find it in the “Company” category. Frankly, linking “Documentation” and “Company” doesn’t sound right to me.
For a page as important as the documentation, for new users, with or without experience in scripting, I’ll be a bit lost in their shoes. Without shame, because I didn’t care about most of the marketing material, it did took me a couple of minutes to find it myself since the website revamp!
Anyhow, I’ll let the community vote if the documentation should be in the “Company” tab.
Not that it’s a big deal, but documentation isn’t just for learners.
To be honest, though, I don’t mind that the website only has it as secondary links (or in odd places) because you can always get to it from the Help menu in the Editor. On top of that, most of the time I get to it is actually via Google.
I wouldn’t even think to look for the docs on the Unity website, since they are readily available through Unity/Unitron/MonoDevelop. (Not to mention code on this site…those aren’t just pretty colors, they’re links. )
The whole goal is to make it easy for people who are Unity noobs, or want to know how it looks like without downloading/installing/testing. Thus, navigating the website…
