Hi all,
While I'm testing staged JBT 4.3.0.CR2a, I noticed that a user
facing Central will see a catalog with a list of items that they
cannot select, with no widget, nothing. Click "Select All" doesn't
produce an obvious feedback so user isn't aware of the impact of
"Select All".
It takes at least a few seconds to me, who developed most of the
support for those uninstallable entries in Central catalog, to think
about scrolling down to see usable content. I believe it's going to
be much worse for new users, or for those who don't look at software
page often.
Those entries hide some parts of JBoss Tools with real added-value
(Hybrid Tools, OpenShift v3...).
Those useless uninstallable connectors are hiding the useful
content, and unless one already knows or is curious enough to find
installable connectors, it just make this install page seem useless.
IMO, it's worse to have this poor UX in our product than to have
some occasional questions on the user forums.
My immediate recommendation would be:
* Either to drop all those JBT-IS "not yet available" connector and
face user questions on forums, or
* instead of a dozen of "not yet available" entries hiding the
installable one, we should have a single "JBoss Tools integration
Stack" entry telling that the content are not available yet.
On a longer-term approach, there are now way too many things in
Central, either we should make it simpler, or fully revise it to
have a more structured browser, which will ultimately look either
like MarketPlace Client or the regular p2 install wizard with a tree
(and some additional columns and some icons since it's the only real
difference between central catalogs and a p2 site)
Cheers,