1168097 - Change color and label of outdated plugins button

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Plugin Check Graveyard :: UI, defect)

Description

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

Currently plugins listed as outdated, although under a different heading, uses the same color and label for it's call to action button. This causes confusion at first for some users so, I suggest changing the color to gray and the label to just 'Update'

Comment 1

[Dan Pernokis]

Gray is good (neutral).  At first I thought yellow/gold/orange for caution, but it's probably better to reserve these for something more significant.

You might consider using gray to signal out-of-date, yellow for behind-the-times, and red for vulnerable.  I'd want to update something vulnerable regardless of its version, even if it only takes me to the most recent release of that version and not the most recent version of the product.  (See Bug 1020133 - my Comment 95)

Comment 2

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

Attachment: Link to Github pull-request: https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/pull/3009

Comment 3

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

I went with blue, using the same icon as vulnerable, I am thinking of another color for unknown. Then we have:

red: vulnerable
blue: outdated
green: up to date
unknown: TBA

Comment 4

[Dan Pernokis]

...except that blue (for unknown) is already well-known & accepted for unknown, so there may be some objection.  Lighter blue maybe, violet, or bluish gray?  But definitely should be a neutral colour.

Comment 5

[Schalk Neethling [:espressive]]

I was a little weary of using gray as it generally signify that the button is disabled so will have to play around some more there. Also, some content updates might be in order to more clearly explain the difference between a plugin marked as outdated as apposed to vulnerable:

@see more https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020133#c96

Comment 6

[Dan Pernokis]

Good point about gray re: disabled.  An unknown *could* be dangerous -- so perhaps pink (ie, a lesser degree of red).  Just a thought.

Comment 7

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Commits pushed to master at https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/505fc9ffc356e09d2ea0ffe2ff3c5ef9306b3ed4
Fix Bug 1168097, change color, label of outdated plugins button

https://github.com/mozilla/bedrock/commit/857627293e9180f1874ab7e2b5c760a5d4d43272
Merge pull request #3009 from schalkneethling/bug1168097-update-outdated-plugins-button

Fix Bug 1168097, change color, label of outdated plugins button