[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #49055: Standardise Plugin Notices With a Fly-Out Right-Hand Menu

[WordPress Trac]

#49055: Standardise Plugin Notices With a Fly-Out Right-Hand Menu
-------------------------------+-----------------------------
 Reporter:  crdunst            |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement        |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Menus              |    Version:  5.3.2
 Severity:  normal             |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  ui, accessibility  |
-------------------------------+-----------------------------
 Following on from my previous ticket, I have another suggestion, borne out
 of frustration.

 Background: I'm primarily a developer, but with a background in UI design.
 I've been building with WP for 8 years, and work with client sites day-to-
 day when they're loaded with plugins, rather than 'vanilla' installs.

 I'd like to suggest standardising plugin notices.

 There's such a varying approach to plugin notices. In addition to the top
 'header area', being misused for adverts:
 * Some plugin authors post notices under the 'upgrade' link in the plugin
 list (Woo is bad for this)
 * Some launch a notice in the header area after upgrading their plugin,
 and loading a page, with a 'What's new' etc.
 * Random adverts displaying occasionally 'do you like our plugin?'
 * I've started seeing notices pop-up on the front end. An analytics
 plugin, notifying you if you're signed in that you're not tracked.

 Plugin authors all think their notices are useful, but they're not if you
 update 15 plugins doing the same thing, all in different ways, often at
 inconvenient times, within the **global template**.  The plugins own pages
 are fair-game though.

 My suggestion for standardisation would be a right-hand fly-out menu for
 plugin notices.  Perhaps an icon top right could indicate new notices are
 available - click the icon to fly-out the right-hand menu.

 Within the right-hand menu, plugins can place a notice of their choice -
 whether informative, up-selling or whatever.  End-users could then dismiss
 an individual notice, or mute a plugin entirely.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49055>
WordPress Trac <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/>
WordPress publishing platform