425382 - Tracking: AMO 3.2 layout doesn't provide some useful information

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(addons.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Public Pages, enhancement)

Description

[RNicoletto]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13 ImageShackToolbar/4.4.3
Build Identifier: AMO 3.2

Since the landing of AMO 3.2 I'm unable to find:

1) What version of Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey does this extension support?

2) Extension history (when was the last update?)

3) Newest extensions

IMHO all this informtion are "Priority 1" for the end-user and all this information were present in the previous version of AMO.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to AMO site.
2. Search for the above informations.
Actual Results:  
I'm unable to find the above informations.


Gimme back previous layout!

Comment 2

[Simon Paquet [:sipaq]]

Item 1 (supported version) is especially important for non-Firefox applications, because  the smart version detection (as described on http://blog.mozilla.com/basil/2008/03/26/availability-of-new-addons.mozilla.org-amo-site/) doesn't work for the likes of Thunderbird or Sunbird (not sure about SeaMonkey).

Comment 3

[MZ (watervole02)]

#2 (Extension History) can be found at the bottom of the extension page in the advanced details section.

Comment 4

[RNicoletto]

(In reply to comment #3)
> #2 (Extension History) can be found at the bottom of the extension page in the
> advanced details section.
> 

Confermed!

However I found it still too hidden to be useful. Maybe putting "Advanced Details" link in the right column would give a better layout.

Comment 5

[Justin Scott [:fligtar]]

Re-summarizing because having the first word be "New" keeps confusing me into thinking it's a new bug.

Comment 6

[MZ (watervole02)]

(In reply to comment #4)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > #2 (Extension History) can be found at the bottom of the extension page in the
> > advanced details section.
> > 
> 
> Confermed!
> 
> However I found it still too hidden to be useful. Maybe putting "Advanced
> Details" link in the right column would give a better layout.
> 

That would be problematic for extensions like Glubble that have large change logs and, thus, large "advanced details" sections.

Comment 7

[MZ (watervole02)]

Maybe the advanced details section should always be expanded, so it isn't so
hidden. If the original goal was to hide info that average users wouldn't care
about, I think leaving it open at the bottom of pages would be fine.

Comment 8

[Wes Campaigne]

A link for "advanced details" would be much more sensibly (and more discoverably) presented at the end of the initial summary section -- BEFORE the reviews. I think I'm far from alone when I say that as soon as I start seeing comments/reviews, I automatically assume there's no more official information to follow.

The collapsing mechanism is fine, just place it closer to the top instead of at the bottom where no one will notice it.

Item 1 (supported versions) really should be in the summary near the "(can't) add to firefox" button, and it should probably also list the date of the last update. As it stands, when it says it's incompatible, there's no way to tell the difference between cases where the extension has been abandoned since fx1.5, and cases where the developer is attentive but hasn't quite finished verifying everything works fine with the latest beta.

Comment 9

[RNicoletto]

Attachment: Item 3 is avaible at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:1/cat:73

(In reply to comment #8)
> A link for "advanced details" would be much more sensibly (and more
> discoverably) presented at the end of the initial summary section -- BEFORE the
> reviews. I think I'm far from alone when I say that as soon as I start seeing
> comments/reviews, I automatically assume there's no more official information
> to follow.
> 
> The collapsing mechanism is fine, just place it closer to the top instead of at
> the bottom where no one will notice it.
> 

Agree!

More, Item 3 (newest extensions) is avaiable if you dig in "Categories" (see Last_Updated_First.png attachment) but not in the extensions home (??).

Comment 10

[Kai Liu]

#1 is covered by Bug 425539.  Should this bug be made into a tracking bug for the different things that have been mentioned?

Comment 11

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

(In reply to comment #10)
> #1 is covered by Bug 425539.  Should this bug be made into a tracking bug for
> the different things that have been mentioned?

Yes, absolutely. At the moment, this bug is too general to be resolved reasonably, so let's make this a tracking bug.

Comment 12

[Fred Wenzel [:wenzel]]

All of the issues in comment 0 have been handled. Closing FIXED.

Comment 13

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Yup, verified FIXED, but please continue to file additional bugs for enhancements/issues.