[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51540: Iterations to updates screen

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#51540: Iterations to updates screen
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 Reporter:  karmatosed       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  needs-design-feedback
  Focuses:                   |
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 Currently the updates screen has a lot of information from various sources
 and depending on if you are running development versions or a combination
 of different factors, can get quite intense. (Embeds might not be working
 so I will also add in order as attachments)

 [[Image(http://cldup.com/sA989pqXFv.png)]]

 Auto-updates is great, but it exposed the problem with adding more to this
 section. Whilst, redoing the entire section wasn't something that could be
 done as part of the immediate work there, that's where this ticket comes
 in to propose a few first steps on that road.

 Props to @joen for helping me work through this work as I began to explore
 where auto-updates could go in that ticket. It lead me to the an
 exploration which whilst has a variety of copy situations, shows just a
 few potential combinations that can happen on this page and what could
 possibly be done design wise to ease those.

 [[Image(http://cldup.com/wQfzsSfb_0.png)]]

 It's worth noting the ideas I am proposing are iterations. I do believe
 that deeper exploring of updates and the experience is very worthwhile.

 What I am suggesting in summary (image included to show the specific
 changes):

 [[Image(http://cldup.com/QWiiGMsVlW.png)]]

 - Change the name to Updates. Settings is a good example of where it's not
 WordPress Settings, perhaps using that format here works?
 - Change the first header to say the version.
 - Where we have 2 buttons such as 'update to nightly' and 're-install'
 consider positioning them beside each other.
 - Increase spacing between sections to provide sectioning without borders
 on the page.

 I am aware that in suggesting these things I am likely missing some
 history and plugin nuance. I probably have also moved something that
 causes an issue, let's work through what that is and how it can be
 iterated. This page has a lot going on and I understand everything is
 there for a reason and intent. I think opening up discussion though around
 what can be iterated and what needs to be in a particular spot or
 unchanged, is a great starting point.

 I think this could be a minor update, focusing on styling changes perhaps
 to start and some copy iterations. That said, I am always keen to
 encourage deeper exploration and thinking if anyone is excited by this and
 see this as the start of maybe looking more at these increasingly
 important interfaces that need to scale as we add things like auto-
 updates.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51540>
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