Is there a video that explains how Stack Overflow works and can be used? I.e. a short tutorial to get new users started. If there isn't, then the people behind this site or others who know how it works should make one, because it's overwhelmingly different from other sites and thus difficult for beginners.
There is an unofficial instruction video on YouTube created by Jorge Castro (if I'm not mistaken). It's about the Ubuntu Stack Exchange site, but that shouldn't really matter.
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there could be a better video, an official getting started video. jorge's video isn't that but still helpful for the meantime – timmaktu Oct 23 '10 at 13:03
No video, but...
We're rolling out a new "Quick Start" guide designed to help teach new users how we differ from other sites, and the absolute minimum they need to learn to get started and have a good experience.
We're testing it on our Ask Different site here.
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Eeeeeeeeee all that stuff moving around when I scroll is causing my attention to get drawn all over the page! Perhaps consider leaving the images static and only run an animation to draw attention to something specific in the image on mouse hover? (But +1 anyways because this is definitely something that I think is needed) – Rachel Jan 10 '13 at 16:36
I'm working on building one specifically for Gaming. You can see the latest, unlisted draft.
Speaking of which, I need a narrator :)
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2You also have some timing problems, or I should learn to read faster. – Ladybug Killer Oct 21 '10 at 12:05
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@Ladybug, you're not supposed to fully read each "slide" -- the idea is that narration should be the dominant part of the "experience", with written content having a mere support role. Anyway, this previous draft has slower timing. – badp Oct 21 '10 at 12:09
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I like it, but at the current timing when sliding the example questions I always imagine a helium voice... – Tobias Kienzler Oct 21 '10 at 12:45
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keep working, the animations are distracting: good design is utility with aesthetics n never utility compromised. i could send you an audio if you send the transcript for a video that actually shows the site in usage rather than fast moving text/faq, that's not even a video, its just text thats hard to read or get hold of, thus you actually worsened the problem – timmaktu Oct 23 '10 at 12:50
[citation needed]
Stack Overflow is one of the easiest, most user-friendly websites on these seven Internets. There's nothing about it that is particularly dissimilar from other sites, for that matter. It's not like it uses strange themes and Flash everywhere to create a look & feel that is anything other than a typical website. Very few users have trouble with Stack Overflow to the point that (with certain exceptions) people who have trouble with it are just oblivious. – Welbog Oct 21 '10 at 13:45