632650 - Add-ons Manager 'by state' grouping should be simpler or include some explanation

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 629873

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[custom.firefox.lady [:tawn]]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0b11) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b11
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:2.0b11) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4.0b11

In Firefox 4.0b11, with the new grouping implemented by Bug 624808, my add-ons get listed in the following order:
Enabled add-ons (includes incompatible, force-enabled)
Add-ons that are both incompatible and disabled
Add-ons that are disabled (but not incompatible)

Somewhat complex ordering considering there is no explanation of the sort-order.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Have lots of add-ons installed in various states
2. Open add-ons manager

Actual Results:  
1. Wonder why my add-ons got all jumbled like that
2. Take time to figure out the sort order

Expected Results:  
A less complex sort, an option for a basic alphabetical sort, sub-headings, or some other explanation of what the sort-order is. (Less initial confusion)

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

This got fixed in bug 629873 and bug 629521 I believe

Comment 2

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

custom.firefox.lady, does the latest changes Dave pointed out makes it clearer for you? Not sure if we can easily insert sub-headings for the different buckets.

Comment 3

[custom.firefox.lady [:tawn]]

(In reply to comment #2)
> does the latest changes Dave pointed out makes it clearer
> for you? 

Indeed it does.

> Not sure if we can easily insert sub-headings for the different
> buckets.

Its a richlistbox, not a table, so I suspected that already. Just tried to give some examples.

Comment 4

[Henrik Skupin [:whimboo][⌚️UTC+2]]

In the future we will probably have a drop down again which can be used to select different sortings. So that would probably be enough. For Firefox 4 this will now be fixed. Thanks!