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Ideas from Feb-May 2006: [[Firefox:Extension_Manager_UI]] | Ideas from Feb-May 2006: [[Firefox:Extension_Manager_UI]] | ||
=== Install from AMO (and whitelist) === | == Add-ons Manager == | ||
=== Goals of the redesign === | |||
* Major | |||
** Greater task orientation | |||
** Greater ability to start the process of finding and getting add-ons from within the browser proper | |||
** more integration and/or sharing of features with AMO (ie. ratings, descriptions, etc.) | |||
** decrease (or eliminate) tabs that are sometimes there and sometimes not; a corollary - decrease the number of times the same add-on shows up in more than one tab/space (ie - a near-complete install in one place and a not-quite-yet selectable add-on in another) | |||
* Minor | |||
** ability to see more add-ons at a glance | |||
** increase prominence of the user-actions available for each add-on | |||
** more prominence to details about addons without digging into prefs | |||
** Moving permanent restart button out of the lower-right-hand-corner (where it looks like an "OK/Cancel" button) and to a place where it's clearly the next step after installing an add-on | |||
=== Current Design (2007-08-21) === | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb1.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am1.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb2.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am2.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb3.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am3.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb4.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am4.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb5.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am5.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb6a.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am6a.png | |||
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http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/thumb6b.png | |||
http://people.mozilla.com/~madhava/files/addons/manager/2007-08-21/am6b.png | |||
=== Older Redesign Versions === | |||
* 2007-07-23 redesign: [http://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Firefox:Add-ons_Manager_UI&oldid=63929#Add-ons_Manager Earlier version of this document] | |||
== Install from Web == | |||
=== Current Task Flow: Install from AMO (and whitelist) === | |||
[[Image:from_amo_currentflow.png]] | [[Image:from_amo_currentflow.png]] | ||
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#* 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 | #* 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 === | === Current Task Flow: Install from Elsewhere === | ||
[[Image:non_amo_currentflow.png]] | [[Image:non_amo_currentflow.png]] | ||
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=== Plugin Install === | === Plugin Install === | ||
== Suggested Designs == | === Suggested Designs === | ||
=== Friendly Confirmation === | ==== Friendly Confirmation ==== | ||
=== Drive-by Blocker === | ==== Drive-by Blocker ==== | ||
Current: | Current: | ||
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[[Image:notification_concept.png]] | [[Image:notification_concept.png]] | ||
=== Scary Confirmation === | ==== 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. | 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. | ||
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* (Source Unconfirmed)- this takes the place of "Unsigned" in the implementation. If it were signed, the name of the source would be in parentheses. | * (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 | * the URL should be selectable | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 21 August 2007
Previous Designs
Ideas from Feb-May 2006: Firefox:Extension_Manager_UI
Add-ons Manager
Goals of the redesign
- Major
- Greater task orientation
- Greater ability to start the process of finding and getting add-ons from within the browser proper
- more integration and/or sharing of features with AMO (ie. ratings, descriptions, etc.)
- decrease (or eliminate) tabs that are sometimes there and sometimes not; a corollary - decrease the number of times the same add-on shows up in more than one tab/space (ie - a near-complete install in one place and a not-quite-yet selectable add-on in another)
- Minor
- ability to see more add-ons at a glance
- increase prominence of the user-actions available for each add-on
- more prominence to details about addons without digging into prefs
- Moving permanent restart button out of the lower-right-hand-corner (where it looks like an "OK/Cancel" button) and to a place where it's clearly the next step after installing an add-on
Current Design (2007-08-21)
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Older Redesign Versions
- 2007-07-23 redesign: Earlier version of this document
Install from Web
Current Task Flow: 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
Current Task Flow: Install from Elsewhere
0. User clicks on something to start an install or the page just pushes it
- Notification bar appears to let the user know that Firefox has stopped the page from installing something. The users can click the button ("Edit Options") or dismiss the notification bar
- If the user clicks the button (END otherwise), a dialog appears that lets the user add the current site to the whitelist of sites that can install software (this whitelist is going away); user does so and closes the dialog
- Issues: overly complex UI (many extra concepts introduced); the user may not want (in fact, likely doesn't) to whitelist the site for eternity
- User is dropped back on the original page and must figure out how to restart the install (click button or reload page, depending on the situation)
- Issues: no sign of what to do next -- we've abandoned the user
- The modal confirmation dialog appears
- Issues: The dialog is (a) not intimidating enough (differs from the last case), (b) verbose, (c) confusing
- from this point on, the process (and corresponding issues) is the same as in the previous case
Plugin Install
Suggested Designs
Friendly Confirmation
Drive-by Blocker
Current:
Revised - option 1 (no whitelist):
Revised - option 2 (whitelist):
New favicon-based notification concept (more about this here: mockups)
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