[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #56277: Widget to Dashboard to offer Mobile App to users

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#56277: Widget to Dashboard to offer Mobile App to users
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 Reporter:  oglekler                                 |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement                              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                   |   Milestone:  6.3
Component:  Administration                           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing has-screenshots  |     Focuses:
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Comment (by peterwilsoncc):

 > Did you run build? PR was fine, and I adjusted styles a bit
 additionally, and checked with different screen width as well.

 It was a caching issue that can occur with the style loader when working
 in the src directory of WordPress-Develop.

 > we can do widgets dismissible, but I believe it needs another ticket and
 is out of scope for this one.

 I think being able to dismiss the promotion of the mobile apps in the
 dashboard is very much in scope for this ticket. By failing to do so,
 WordPress contributors will just have to deal with the question ''why are
 there special rules for Automattic products?''

 For the display of the widget, I think there can be several improvements:

 * only display the widget on mobile and tablet views. The calls to action
 are unactionable on desktop views
 * only display the icon suitable for the users operating system. This will
 need to be a JavaScript sniff to account for caching/CDNs modifying the UA
 string.
 * use an existing widget

 My main concern for including this is that the iOS app remains very much a
 WordPress.com product.

 1) The primary call to action on a fresh install of the app is to log in
 to a WordPress.com account.

 [[Image(https://peterwilson.cc/uploads/2023/06/primary-cta.png)]]

 2) For the 5million+ sites with Jetpack installed, the primary call to
 action is to use the Jetpack application. From memory, this is
 substantially larger than the old "stats" menu item.

 [[Image(https://peterwilson.cc/uploads/2023/06/jetpack-nag.png)]]

 3) It's really easy to click the Jetpack CTA and end up with a full screen
 advertisment for the Jetpack app.

 4) WordPress.com tracking is enabled by default and there is no opt-out
 option displayed during the installation process. This just reenforces
 that the product primarily remains an Automattic product.

 5) The terms of service links to WordPress.com, the Privacy Policy links
 to Automattic.

 6) The logs show numerous references to Jetpack flows, WooCommerce
 promotions. The commit logs show promotions for WordPress.com Blaze were
 added last week.

 As mentioned in an earlier comment, the decision has been made to keep
 these apps as Automattic products. I strongly object to them being
 promoted in the dashboard as long as that remains the case.

 Without a proposal on make/core discussing the inclusion of Automattic
 products in the dashboard then I think it's premature to consider it.

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