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Please make the “Ask Question” button on AskUbuntu more prominent
I'm new to askubuntu.com and when I first wanted to ask a question it took me a while to find that button.
I guess if I didn't know other stackexchange sites I would have given up thinking that there's no way to ask a question.
Is it possible to make it stand out just a little bit more?
I agree. I think the ask button should sit on the right of the main navigation bar (currently showing Questions, Tags, Users, Badges, Unanswered)
I agree that it needs to be changed. It's low contrast, and it doesn't look like a "button"--or even a "link"--but more like a title, or something. Also, I don't get the point of all the dots around it.
Honestly, I still forget it's there, all the time.
It took me several minutes to figure out how to ask a blasted question here. I searched meta, searched google.. OTL Somewhere between pounding a dent into my desk and a concussion I was enlightened and saw the Ask Question button focused by my newfound tunnel vision, highlighted by twinkling pinpricks of light.
I love this site. AskUbuntu is awesome. But this is a serious usability problem. The rectangle graphic it's part of is the shape of a banner ad, something my brain is conditioned to ignore. On top of that, it blends in perfectly. It doesn't look clickable. The text highlight on mouse over is a nice touch, but doesn't help you find it in the first place.
Putting a button where all the other buttons are would make a lot of sense. I expected an Ask button right after the link to Unanswered questions.
ask question page.
Just styling it differently so that it is more visible would go a long way.
I also upvoted Oli's answer because I think that moving it on the main navigation bar would also work.
I think I might have seen it better if it had been on the left side (same graphic and horizontal position, but under the 'askubuntu' logo). It seems like the navigation tabs direct one's vision to the left. But on the nav bar (as Oli said) is probably my second choice. With the current design, as someone pointed out, the link doesn't do much to hint that it's a button, or clickable -- it's beautiful, but it really blends in too well with the graphic design of the banner.
If nothing else, I think this should be mentioned in the FAQ. Probably under the last line of the first paragraph :
Please look around to see if your question has already been asked (and maybe even answered!) before you ask. It’s also perfectly fine to ask and answer your own question, as long as you pretend you’re on Jeopardy: phrase it in the form of a question.
A new line would read something like "If you're ready to ask your question, click the link on right side of the header, or jump to the question page here."
As in this example, here would link to https://askubuntu.com/questions/ask .
I also found it a little oddly placed the first time, but this may be due to plenty of experience with SO and beta sites, as it is placed differently.
As more sites leave beta (and get their own unique designs) and we get more users who don't have previous experience with Stack Exchange, this should become much less of a problem. To compare, an example of the former is the photography site, which has an even more drastic change to the page heading layout.
I'm not saying we shouldn't ask to change it, only that the problem probably feels exaggerated to us now.
