I am annoyed by having buttons instead of links in the release manager. I realize however that some people might want it that way so I have created two new options. Now there are options to show buttons, or show links. You can turn both off, so you see no download links, it just gives you information on what is installed and what version. There's not much point to doing that but I plan to add another column if the module_installer module is installed. I originally wanted to add this functionality into the module_installer (see http://drupal.org/node/119435) but I think that I have decided that the hooks to use that module would better be installed in this module. Then if the other is present I will provide the installation functionality. Anyway that will be another pref, and it's not there yet :)

Problem with buttons is that you have to view the source to see if the download link will actually download, or just take you to the project page.

Links don't target a new page - if you want that to happen, middle-click on the link (firefox) or right-click and "open in new tab" or "...window" (IE). This could be another setting. If there is demand I will add it, since it is easy.

This patch was made against version 1.45 of the releasemonitor.module.

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douggreen’s picture

Thanks for the patch!

After seeing it with links, I tend to agree. However, I set "buttons" as the default for backwards compatibility. I could probably be talked into dropping the button interface altogether in the future. But I don't want to make UI changes just for "changes" sake..., let's see what people think about this.

This patch is applied against the 5.x-1.x-dev branch only. As I added D47 and D5 tags and I'm concerned that the previous 5.x-1.x-dev release made from HEAD might conflict, please make sure that you have releasemonitor 1.45.4.1.

douggreen’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed
ray007’s picture

If letting the user decide between buttons and links, I think it should be a radio-button to decide between the 2 ... I fail to come up with a scenario where showing both makes sense.

douggreen’s picture

Ray, agreed. I just made some minor tweaks to the admin form, that use a radio button, but also put the User Interface options in a fieldset.

douggreen’s picture

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)