uwe_keim
(Uwe Keim)
May 4, 2018, 7:25am
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I’ve noticed in my own Discourse installation that some weeks ago green checkmarks started to appear on the left of most of the entries on the upgrade page:
I did a search here and also tried to hover over the icons. Still, I don’t understand what they mean.
What makes me wonder is:
The main Discourse entry never has a green check mark, no matter whether up-to-date or not.
The other items always have a green check mark, no matter whether up-to-date or not.
My question:
What is the meaning of the green check marks on the upgrade page?
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Those green checks mean that the plugin is an official plugin maintained by Discourse
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uwe_keim
(Uwe Keim)
May 4, 2018, 7:30am
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Thanks. Maybe a mouse hover tooltip could be useful?
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zogstrip
(Régis Hanol)
May 4, 2018, 9:26am
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There should definitely be a tooltip there. Will add it.
Wait, it already has a tooltip …
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
May 4, 2018, 11:44am
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I couldn’t figure out what the check meant either. It would be more obvious if the glyph could be the discourse logo.
(and I didn’t notice the hover either)
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jerdog
(Jeremy M)
May 4, 2018, 12:06pm
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I figured it was for official, but hovering over for a tooltip doesn’t work - ALT tags (if I recall correctly) only show up if the image is broken
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zogstrip
(Régis Hanol)
May 4, 2018, 3:28pm
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
May 4, 2018, 8:24pm
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I just did an update and I’m not seeing a tooltip. When is Font Awesome going to add a Discourse icon?
Edit: I see them on the Plugin page. I was looking on the upgrade page.
(But I still find the check a confusing way to say “Official Discourse”.)
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
May 4, 2018, 9:28pm
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Since the Nice People at Font Awesome went to all that trouble, could you change that mysterious into a calming, satisfying, and reassuring ?
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Falco
(Falco)
May 4, 2018, 9:34pm
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
May 4, 2018, 9:37pm
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That’s what I thought, and then I thought that since since I have here that it could also be put on the plugins screen.
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pfaffman
(Jay Pfaffman)
July 12, 2018, 9:47am
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The way that I read https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/plugin/metadata.rb it looks like if someone forks an official plugin, or even has their own plugin with the same name, it’ll look official .
Am I right? Is this a problem?
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zogstrip
(Régis Hanol)
July 12, 2018, 9:49am
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pfaffman:
Am I right?
You are.
pfaffman:
Is this a problem?
It’s just an indicator.
People could easily write a plugin that would overwrite the official?
method to return true
.
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