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Created attachment 253150 [details] Welcome Screen
Hi All, With the proposed improvements to the next version of Mars, including web to Eclipse Installer to launching Eclipse, here is our proposed ideas to the current welcome screen. Simply: 1. Moving the welcome and package title to the header with adjusted colors 2. Removing the ambiguous workbench button with a close button 3. Prioritizing the default options to a secondary position into the right hand column 4. Adding options for getting started with your new install of Eclipse to the left column We are suggesting some icon updates as well. Finally to unify the design we have used colors that will be more consistent with the overall experience.
For those of you unfamiliar with the entire lifecycle, here are the suggestions we have made for downloading the new installer: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=465240 http://invis.io/4V2S76BYS For the Oomph powered Installer https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=465750 http://invis.io/ZE2U4XMVD
Tim, are you planning to provide patches for these suggested changes? Adding Dani, as he typically has strong opinions about UI changes.
Hi Lars, While my team has the technical skills, our role in this project is to provide UI / UX suggestions to create a holistic experience around the new installer paradigm. Tim
(In reply to Tim Christensen from comment #5) > Hi Lars, > > While my team has the technical skills, our role in this project is to > provide UI / UX suggestions to create a holistic experience around the new > installer paradigm. Thanks Tim. Can you give a bit of background what your team is and what your role is? The "we" form you are using in this bug report indicates that you are connected to someone or some organization.
Lars, yes no problem - and sorry, I am only trying to be efficient and not ambiguous. Our / We simply refers to my team. My company provides development, design and UX services for a variety of companies from Fortune 50 to startups. Our skills span scaleable Java based server applications to mobile and wearable technologies. We are a boutique style firm and were asked by Eclipse.org Foundation to provide assistance in the transition to Mars and help evaluate the UX from download to install to launch. Often times we are brought in to help fix UX on maturing products that need a fresh set of eyes and empathy. Most of my team have been users of Eclipse for Java development at least 8 years. Tim
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #6) > Thanks Tim. Can you give a bit of background what your team is and what your > role > is? The "we" form you are using in this bug report indicates that you are > connected to someone or some organization. Lars, The Eclipse Foundation is funding Tim and his team to provide UX improvements. Please see bug 460549
(In reply to Tim Christensen from comment #2) > Hi All, > > With the proposed improvements to the next version of Mars, including web to > Eclipse Installer to launching Eclipse, here is our proposed ideas to the > current welcome screen. > > Simply: > > 2. Removing the ambiguous workbench button with a close button This is not good, see bug 431704.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/65027
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/65027 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=8124ef1b34163de3a3e4a6f3c39f2045a25ceffc
I've committed the first piece called 'Quicklinks' for populating a list of useful actions. Quicklinks are populated from an extension point and reference Eclipse Core Commands. The thinking right now is that Quicklinks will be defined by the respective EPP packages rather than by individual projects. I'll be submitting a 'Solstice' theme separately that uses the Quicklinks content viewer. I'll then submit some patches to an EPP package to demonstrate how to incorporate the new functionality.
(In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #12) > I've committed the first piece called 'Quicklinks' for populating a list of > useful actions. Quicklinks are populated from an extension point and > reference Eclipse Core Commands. The thinking right now is that Quicklinks > will be defined by the respective EPP packages rather than by individual > projects. Can you add that to the N&N M5?
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #13) > (In reply to Brian de Alwis from comment #12) > > I've committed the first piece called 'Quicklinks' for populating a list of > > useful actions. Quicklinks are populated from an extension point and > > reference Eclipse Core Commands. The thinking right now is that Quicklinks > > will be defined by the respective EPP packages rather than by individual > > projects. > > Can you add that to the N&N M5? This will not go into M5. It's not yet part of the build and most of the platform team has the test pass today.
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #14) > This will not go into M5. It's not yet part of the build and most of the > platform team has the test pass today. Commit from Comment 11 is part of the build.
(In reply to Lars Vogel from comment #15) > (In reply to Dani Megert from comment #14) > > This will not go into M5. It's not yet part of the build and most of the > > platform team has the test pass today. > > Commit from Comment 11 is part of the build. Take a look yourself: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/I20160125-0400/
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #16) > Take a look yourself: AFAICS it is part of the build see http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/diff/pom.xml?id=8124ef1b34163de3a3e4a6f3c39f2045a25ceffc But looks like releng did not yet include it into the SDK feature, which must be your point. I agree with you, as long as it is not delivered with M5 we should not add it to the N&N and any releng change would be to late for M5.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/65404
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/65405
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/65404 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=24ee16ef8c752d8d2b6b8425d663dd0fbfb8b35d
Filed CQ10824 (https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10824) for icons included in https://git.eclipse.org/r/65405/
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/66202
I only looked at the screenshot (didn't try it yet), but +1000 to adopt this new design and these actions on the welcome page.
+1 for the change, based on the screenshot.
+1 for the UI change, also based on the attachment provided.
I also like the new look. The current Gerrit change sees to have some issues, but nothing that can't be fixed.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/66763
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/67456
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/68263
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/67456 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=ad8a47c4bdd332042253f75caa105526cb5d267b
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/68263 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=9a3622632eb9d6be029c58e6f04af17ba259bc33
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/65405 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=6ebe7c6e027c02d90897cc56ac683dc4b9d77be6
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/68265
Outstanding work: - change the platform and sdk products to use the solstice theme - change the EPP packages to use the solstice theme
@David: the new Solstice theme introduces a new bundle, org.eclipse.ui.intro.quicklinks, that must be pulled into the org.eclipse.platform feature. I've put up a changeset at: https://git.eclipse.org/r/68265
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/68265 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.releng.git/commit/?id=b1b00a9d61996aca79770bdb2e63f5f255f50fa0
I commented in Gerrit, too, that the bundle and some of its associates still need "about.html" files, please correct promptly. (It needs to be 'exported' in 'src' as well as 'bin' in build.properties. I will also comment I think the "org.eclipse.ui" namespace is confusing, since it is in the eclipse.platform.ua repository. I realize you are following the established pattern, but IMHO that is just compounding an error, not making things better. But, it probably does not matter to most people.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/68285
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/68285 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=fead8dfcb5c48d5e53c9a010ff144bc0dac36762
(In reply to David Williams from comment #37) > I commented in Gerrit, too, that the bundle and some of its associates still > need "about.html" files, please correct promptly. (It needs to be 'exported' > in 'src' as well as 'bin' in build.properties. Thanks for pointing these out. > I will also comment I think the "org.eclipse.ui" namespace is confusing, > since it is in the eclipse.platform.ua repository. I realize you are > following the established pattern, but IMHO that is just compounding an > error, not making things better. But, it probably does not matter to most > people. I too found the names confusing, but these names are explicitly brought in as dependencies and renaming these bundles would result in massive breakage.
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/68476
Verified that Solstice can be loaded in 4.6.0.I20160316-0800, and qroot page can be specified using -pluginCustomization with default content. Will file separate bugs for adoption in the Eclipse Platform and SDK products, and EPP packages.
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/68476 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news.git/commit/?id=5baf265416d3ff971bbd4e37d5fbdf84a099c332
New Gerrit change created: https://git.eclipse.org/r/72780
Gerrit change https://git.eclipse.org/r/72780 was merged to [master]. Commit: http://git.eclipse.org/c/platform/eclipse.platform.ua.git/commit/?id=ef82dcad3850170690e25dea6db9581d62c26430
Created attachment 261842 [details] Welcome screen with insufficient contrast Testing the change for the Java package [1], using a locally build EPP package. At least under OS X, the Eclipse logo is not the white-on-purple variant, but the older one. (See attached screenshot.) @Brian: Can you have a look? [1] <https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/66202/3>
(In reply to Andreas Sewe from comment #46) > Created attachment 261842 [details] > Welcome screen with insufficient contrast > > Testing the change for the Java package [1], using a locally build EPP > package. > > At least under OS X, the Eclipse logo is not the white-on-purple variant, > but the older one. (See attached screenshot.) > > @Brian: Can you have a look? > > [1] <https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/66202/3> Please file a separate bug report. This looks like the new branding image is missing.
(In reply to Dani Megert from comment #47) > (In reply to Andreas Sewe from comment #46) > > Created attachment 261842 [details] > > Welcome screen with insufficient contrast > > > > Testing the change for the Java package [1], using a locally build EPP > > package. > > > > At least under OS X, the Eclipse logo is not the white-on-purple variant, > > but the older one. (See attached screenshot.) > > > > @Brian: Can you have a look? > > > > [1] <https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/66202/3> > > Please file a separate bug report. This looks like the new branding image is > missing. Didn't want to hijack the bug. Must have wandered down a wrong link; wanted to comment on Bug 490044. Sorry for the noise.
(In reply to Andreas Sewe from comment #48) > Didn't want to hijack the bug. Must have wandered down a wrong link; wanted > to comment on Bug 490044. Sorry for the noise. np
