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Bug 214787 - [prov] [ui] Investigate smarter label provides in Available/installed features list to improve workflow
Summary: [prov] [ui] Investigate smarter label provides in Available/installed feature...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: p2 (show other bugs)
Version: 3.4   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: P2 Inbox CLA
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Depends on: 183484 204473
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Reported: 2008-01-09 13:30 EST by Susan McCourt CLA
Modified: 2009-04-27 16:51 EDT (History)
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Description Susan McCourt CLA 2008-01-09 13:30:09 EST 
(spun out as separate issue from bug #203009)

Currently the Available/Installed features lists show the name/version/size info, and a group of buttons at the right lets you act on them.

Something interesting to explore (more like Firefox) would be multi-line label providers.  You click on an IU and the label provider grows to show more info, possibly including a button that lets you install it.

It would also be nice to include an icon for each IU.

This is something to explore once all the basic function is working.
Comment 1 Susan McCourt CLA 2008-05-15 18:07:27 EDT 
From bug #229364, Martin suggests

>Use colors to make additional information like paths and URLs less dominant
Comment 2 Susan McCourt CLA 2009-04-27 16:51:19 EDT 
This is not really an issue anymore now that we've integrated the available software view into the install wizard itself.  There's no need to push an "Install" button because you are already inside the install wizard.  There are no buttons on the right...the user presses next/finish to complete the task.