New UI / UX of F-Droid app

hans · March 1, 2019, 10:13am

v0.102.3 still works but has known bugs and security issues that have
been fixed in more recent versions.

oF2pks · April 27, 2019, 11:36am

@hans , I noticed fdroid/client don’t check if privileged apk was disabled or not, by user (through general aosp/settings/apps ) app/src/main/java/org/fdroid/fdroid/installer/PrivilegedInstaller.java · master · F-Droid / Client · GitLab

this tiny patch could do the trick : https://gitlab.com/oF2pks/fdroidclient/commit/14cf8e3d879b4659530acd57281899030e6d6661

Bubu · April 27, 2019, 1:56pm

You should submit these things as a merge request in gitlab.

hans · April 29, 2019, 8:49am

looks good, can you submit that in a merge request?

developerfromjokela · May 2, 2019, 6:44am

On my device Nokia 6.1 Running Android 9.0 pie, Install button is not responsive, when I click it, there is no sign button is pushed, and there is some lags in UI, so UI needs some rework, I will join into development when I have free time.

Licaon_Kter · May 2, 2019, 11:14am

F-Droid 1.6 ? Did you wait for it to download?

shubhamtyagi · May 2, 2019, 4:38pm

whenever i use fdroid client app, i get same experience as i got in internet explorer .
if fdroid developer can’t make it is better than it will be go as IE.

developerfromjokela · May 2, 2019, 5:15pm

No, but in updates this happens very often, and the updater is often annoying and the UI is buggy.

Licaon_Kter · May 2, 2019, 9:17pm

What device? Android version? Issue?

Licaon_Kter · May 2, 2019, 9:18pm

You said “install” not “update”? There’s a known issue that was fixed in 1.6 if I recall correctly.

developerfromjokela · May 3, 2019, 4:32am

Ok, but I am having lags on updates UI, when I click update all, nothing happens, and then when clicking Show all, nothing happens, until you pause and resume the app.

webDev · June 5, 2019, 3:26pm

Well this is an informative, little treasure trove! Also a trip down memory lane, as I too remember the initial annoyances that I had with the “new” layout (it feels like so long ago and just yesterday at the same time, haha.

I agree with the person who said the text is too close to the icons in the bottom menu bar.
I also agree that the tiny two-line update summary is better suited to a space at the top of the Latest screen, rather than on the Updates tab.
Many of the icons, especially when large still are blurry due to low resolution, may I ask why, given that they seem to be sharp on other people’s screenshots.
May I ask that we move the settings button to the actual Settings button of the phone rather than taking up valueable realestate on the bottom bar. Right now the settings button of my phone does nothing!
If the above is done then the fifth menu item can be, “Installed” or “My Apps”, a menu item that I do admit I still yearn for from time to time.

Today however I feel the greatest UX priority is at the website stage.

An option to disable 'The Latest Tab now highlights good descriptions'

For me updating the quality of the website landing page takes top priority, I do feel that not enough people are getting on board with open source software and I believe it’s because it is perceived to offer a lower quality user experience. When I give someone a link to f-droid dot org, I kind of expect and want that person to get excited by the idea of open-source software without me having to explain why it’s so great. I think the actual website is failing to stimulate the interest of people that I talk to online. I could be wrong. Anyway I don’t want to hijack this thread with that discussion, if you are interested I recently opened a thread for this.

Secondary to my interest in improving the landing page is to improve the user experience of the app itself. One of the main gripes that I have is that you don’t know when you are at the top of the “Latest” page. I OFTEN find that I am accidentally triggering the repository update process. I have a plan to improve the “Latest” tab which involves a heading region at the top. I also want to have a small area of the interface dedicated to highlighting where in the world the app is downloading information/apps from, and how the files are verified in a decentralised way, with a link to possble information on how to setup a node/mirror(?). To me, these are more important right now than bringing in regulations. I also have ways to tweak the look and feel to present a more high quality product.

Please visit this thread (https://forum.f-droid.org/t/website-landing-page-proposal-1-and-2/) to have your say on OPTION 1 and 2 that I have sketched up, and am ready to implement as a web developer myself.