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Simplify app rows on installed apps and updates pages

Philip Withnall requested to merge pwithnall/gnome-software:app-row-simplification into master

Here are three simplifications to the GsAppRow widget, up for discussion. Marking this as WIP, because if you agree with the UI changes, I can actually delete a fair amount more code (the use of the GsStarWidget widget, and the folder_label).

The changes are:

  • Show the app’s short summary, rather than its description, because otherwise the installation page turns into a wall of text. The user should have a reasonable idea about what the apps they already have installed do.
  • Remove the ratings from apps on the installed and updates pages. They are not helpful to the user after they initially choose to install an app.
  • Remove the folder label from apps on the installed and updates pages. Very few apps have them set, and in practice they don’t seem to help users differentiate apps. Again, users should have a reasonable idea of what the apps are which they already have installed.

Screenshots before, after removing just the long description, and after removing all three things: before middle after

(The uninstall buttons are missing from these rows for unrelated reasons — we have a plugin in Endless which disables uninstallation of ‘system’ apps.)

Thoughts?

Edited by Philip Withnall

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