I'd like some navigation advice, I'm a newbie

[DirtyACE]

Well, I've been playing around with the game for about 5 days now. Instead of trying to dive in completely, I'm doing it the gradual way. First I'm trying to learn how to navigate and plot intercept courses correctly. Once I feel I have it down, I'll move on to learning manual plotting of the solution.

So basically I've been using the thread called The Hunt to learn the art of interception. I'm so far getting mixed results. At times I'm really off and others I'm close, more or less. The whole process takes many many steps and I was wondering if there's an easier way of doing it. Are there any other methods to plotting an intercept course? What method would you recommend to a newbie?

I've also ready that there's a shorter version to the same method as The Hunt, but I've also read that it's not accurate. Is that still the case or has it been revised?