If your app requires real thought to use, make sure help is available on every page. A button that says, instead of "Help," "How do I get started?" or "What do

If your app requires real thought to use, make sure help is available on every page. A button that says, instead of "Help," "How do I get started?" or "What do I do now?" can aide the new user. Name the buttons after the kinds of questions real users ask when getting to that page. Also, I second the idea of contextual tooltips for everything. Finally, a "quick-start" guide is not a bad idea. Make it in bullet-list form, just to set the frame-of-mind of the user.