I didn't say anything about wanting to make things harder. What I want is to make things easier.
Too much choice confuses people and makes it look complicated. If you are at the position where you need a popup instruction to work your distro (as the opening post wanted EDIT: on the original thead Desktop Layout in Welcome? ), then I think you need to take a look at your overcomplicated distro.
The menus are cluttered with stuff. Get rid of it. There are endless and seemingly overlapping configuration menu entries. Get rid of what you can (mate-tweak).
Ubuntu-mate doesn't have to imitate every os in the world. It should be comfortable and confident in its own skin. That is why I hate the new wallpaper. It clearly is a knock off of the mac os x wallpaper.
Welcome is essentially a browser based on webkit. UM already has a browser -Firefox. All that is needed is a link on the desktop or whatever to any online instructions. Simple.
I'm resigned to the fact that I won't convince you, just like you won't convince me that UM's approach is better than lubuntu's.