On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 08:43:00AM -0500, Matthias Clasen wrote:
This feels like moving the goalposts, tbh. Downloading random rpms
off
the internet is not part of the UX supported by gnome software.
But neither was downloading shell extensions. From a user point of
view, I don't see anything that makes it clear that these _aren't_
random RPMs off of the internet. There's nothing that shows what they
actually are or how they'll be installed.
I *like* the functionality of adding and removing Extensions in
Software. That's cool and seems like the logical place for it. I just
want users have a good understanding of a) support expectations and b)
quality expectations — where to go for help, and what rules the
third-party repository plays by. I know I said this to Allan from the
very beginning in the design discussions we had, so I don't think that
that's moving any goalposts.
And I'm fairly confident that if you ask the mythical
'novice' user
what it means that it is downloading from
extensions.gnome.org, they
will say that it means 'its not from fedora'.
I'd be happy to support some UX studies.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader