Navigation challenge for TanStack Start
I absolutely love the work being done here.
I wanted to mention some navigation challenges while exploring TanStack Start which might impact adoption.
After clicking "Try the Alpha" button, the left-hand navigation unexpectedly switched to TanStack Router which confused me a bit.
I mistakenly clicked "Installation" on the left-hand side nav menu as I wanted to get started with Start, but ended up installing Router instead. While I eventually figured out the correct path (using the bottom buttons), this experience might confuse new users.
I know the docs are in progress but wanted to point this out!
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fair-rose•11mo ago
I was confused at first too. The first time I clicked start and was taken to the router docs I assumed there just weren't any docs yet and left. Then when I had more time I read though that first overview page and used the nav on the bottom of the screen on mobile to see "getting started". It wasn't until I was on desktop that I realized that start was a section nested under router.
absent-sapphireOP•11mo ago
Oh yeah, on mobile it must have been even more confusing