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Re-arrange help-related user menu items into new Help menu: Discovery

Problem to solve

We're proposing a number of additions to the profile dropdown:

This is in addition to Help.

4 of the items mentioned above don't seem to belong to this menu. The profile dropdown should organize options that directly relate to me as a user; my user info, Profile, Settings, Sign out, and status all match this pattern. The rest do not.

We should consider a new place for these "meta" items that all relate to interacting with and understanding your GitLab instance.

Proposal

Conduct user testing to discover a place for these features.

Possible option

Create a new help icon in the navbar. Move the 4 aforementioned options there:

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Links / references

UX Research Survey Report

Edited by Andreas Kämmerle