Firefox:Add-ons Manager UI: Difference between revisions
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# User clicks on an AMO "Install Now" button | # User clicks on an AMO "Install Now" button | ||
# The modal confirmation dialog appears | # The modal confirmation dialog appears | ||
#* Issues: The dialog is (a) too intimidating, (b) verbose, (c) confusing | |||
# Add-ons Manager is launched in the temporary "Installation" view | # Add-ons Manager is launched in the temporary "Installation" view | ||
## Progress indication goes by (usually too fast to see) | ## Progress indication goes by (usually too fast to see) | ||
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## User clicks the "Restart Firefox" button or goes on with his/her life | ## User clicks the "Restart Firefox" button or goes on with his/her life | ||
# eventually, the user restarts | # eventually, the user restarts | ||
#* Issues: the position of the permanent "Restart Firefox" button makes it seem like it must be pressed to close the dialog (as with an OK or Cancel button) | |||
# Firefox comes back up. | # Firefox comes back up. | ||
#* Issues: If the installed add-ons pop up prefs panes, they are there; if not, there's no indication that anything has happened, successfully or otherwise | |||
=== Install from Elsewhere === | === Install from Elsewhere === | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 24 July 2007
Previous Designs
Ideas from Feb-May 2006: Firefox:Extension_Manager_UI
Task Flow Overview
Install from AMO (and whitelist)
- User clicks on an AMO "Install Now" button
- The modal confirmation dialog appears
- Issues: The dialog is (a) too intimidating, (b) verbose, (c) confusing
- Add-ons Manager is launched in the temporary "Installation" view
- Progress indication goes by (usually too fast to see)
- On completion, the text changes to "Restart to complete the installation"
- User clicks the "Restart Firefox" button or goes on with his/her life
- eventually, the user restarts
- Issues: the position of the permanent "Restart Firefox" button makes it seem like it must be pressed to close the dialog (as with an OK or Cancel button)
- Firefox comes back up.
- Issues: If the installed add-ons pop up prefs panes, they are there; if not, there's no indication that anything has happened, successfully or otherwise
Install from Elsewhere
Plugin Install
Suggested Designs
Friendly Confirmation
Drive-by Blocker
Current:
Revised - option 1 (no whitelist):
Revised - option 2 (whitelist):
Scary Confirmation
The rationale behind this redesign is to elevate the warning, rather than the list or reiteration of the identity of the add-on, to primacy in the dialog. The user (should) already know what he/she is installing, so its presence is just as context for the new information (the warning) above.
Notes:
- (Source Unconfirmed)- this takes the place of "Unsigned" in the implementation. If it were signed, the name of the source would be in parentheses.
- the URL should be selectable