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[MD Extensions] Multi-column format makes visual scanning hard

Project Member Reported by bbaren@google.com, Mar 8 2018

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Chrome Version       : 65.0.3325.146
URLs (if applicable) : chrome://extensions/

The multi-column format of the MD Extensions page means that scanning extension names requires changing one’s focus both horizontally and vertically. In contrast, the non-MD Extensions page uses more vertical space but allows easy vertical scanning. See attached screenshots depicting the visual scanning path in both the old (non-MD) view and the new (MD) view.

Please consider supporting a view that’s more amenable to scanning – for instance, a toggle to switch between the present card-based view and a single-column view.
 
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Cc: namratakannan@chromium.org
Does the new search functionality mitigate the problem? Also the columns can collapse to 2 or 1 based on the window width.

Having the ability to switch between card layout and list layout is an interesting idea though. CC'ing UX.

Comment 2 by bbaren@google.com, Mar 8 2018

The search functionality certainly helps, but visual scanning can still be faster than typing. The collapsing behavior also helps, though I’d prefer not to resize my window every time I want to scan through extensions.
+1 list view. For ~30 extensions I have, that would be way more efficient.
@bbaren: Does this bug need to be restricted?

Comment 5 by bbaren@google.com, Mar 8 2018

No; that was just the default for Googler-submitted bugs. Please feel free to unrestrict.
Labels: allpublic
Status: Untriaged (was: Unconfirmed)

Comment 7 by jawag@chromium.org, Mar 21 2018

Cc: bettes@chromium.org
Labels: -Type-Bug Type-Feature
Status: Available (was: Untriaged)

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