PWA "Uninstall" string inconsistent with dialog, "Remove X?" |
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Issue descriptionChrome Version: 73 OS: All desktop What steps will reproduce the problem? (1) Open an installed PWA. (2) 3-dot menu -> Uninstall. What is the expected result? Dialog title "Uninstall $APP?" What happens instead? Dialog title "Remove $APP?" (see screenshot). This should be consistent. NOTE: The reason it's called "Remove" is because you can also get to this dialog from chrome:apps, right-click an app -> "Remove $APP". So we would probably want to change that menu string to "Uninstall" to be consistent. ->srahim for string confirmation.
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Jan 9
meggynwatkins@ – this is separate issue from the 'clear data' checkbox)
instances (screenshots 01-04):
1. from chrome://apps, context menu says "Remove from Chrome ..."
2. from app menu, it's "Uninstall {app name} ..."
3. from ChromeOS App Launcher, web app's context menu says "Remove from Chrome ..."
4. from ChromeOS App Launcher, android app's context menu says "Uninstall"
Note 1 & 2 are Win/Linux/Mac only, and not applicable to ChromeOS, and 3 &4 are ChromeOS only
Proposal:
- Does it make sense to change "Remove from Chrome ..." to "Uninstall" on 1 & 3 so all 1-4 use "Uninstall" in place of "Remove"?
- Also, change the dialog string "Remove" to "Uninstall"? (screenshot 10)
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Jan 9
I definitely support making this consistent, but I would prefer "remove" instead of "uninstall": Google Trends indicates that "remove" is more common in user language (https://screenshot.googleplex.com/ff1fffSXDAk). PLMK if there's a reason why the team might prefer "uninstall."
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Jan 9
A strong reason for "uninstall" is that other apps on Chrome OS (e.g. ARC++ Android apps) use "uninstall", and so having one type of app say "Remove" and another say "Uninstall" is pretty inconsistent.
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Jan 9
Visual examples: the first two screenshots are for uninstalling an ARC++ Android app on Chrome OS, and the third is for uninstalling a PWA (the dialog that pops up is the one that's the topic of this discussion above). Android apps say "Uninstall", but PWAs say "Remove from Chrome".
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Jan 10
Ah, thank you for that clarification of context, Dominick. Apologies for not fully comprehending this distinction from Comment 2. I fully support consistency here, regardless of what verb we choose. My final comment in support of "remove" is that it carries strong connotations that support the "lightweight" branding for PWAs. Since (I assume) this change will affect Chrome browser users as well as CrOS users, I'd hate to lose this excellent branding shown to the former (larger userbase), for the sake of consistency to the latter (smaller userbase). If there's any possibility to work with the CrOS+Android team, I'd love to hear whether they're open to instead changing their verb to "remove" to match PWAs. However, if the CrOS+Android team is absolutely resistant to updating their verb, I understand. In which case, "uninstall" for PWAs seems like the necessary fallback. Hope this helps! :) Happy to work with you & contribute to any conversations with CrOS+Android stakeholders.
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Jan 10
+shihuis: WDYT about changing Android app uninstallation strings to read "Remove" rather than "Uninstall"? More context is in the posts on this bug above. I would like to settle on one consistent verb for removing any type of app on Chrome OS. It's a nasty seam that some apps say "Remove" and others say "Uninstall". :)
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Jan 10
My 2cents: I'd rather use "uninstall" everywhere. 2 points mainly: 1) Both DPWA and Android apps are "installed." Their string to add them to Chrome OS and Windows/Macs for DPWA is "Install." So I think "uninstall" is actually the reverse of "install". (However, Chrome Apps and Extensions are "Add to Chrome" hence why they're "Remove from Chrome" I believe). 2) I think if we were to change "uninstall" we'll want to change it for all of Android. I'm not sure where we would start that and whether it'll go into effect for Android Q at the earliest.
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Jan 11
@dominickn: WDYT of shihui's point that Chrome Apps use "Add to Chrome" instead of "Install"? Hwi included Chrome Apps in Comment 2 as a surface that should ideally be consistent for "uninstall"/"remove". Are you interested in also making "install"/"add" consistent?
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Jan 11
I think that Chrome Apps should also use "install", just like desktop PWAs do. Extensions are clearly add to chrome or remove from Chrome, but I think standalone apps make more sense with the Install verb. However, our main Chrome OS platforms now are desktop PWAs and Android apps, so they should be as consistent with each other as possible. It's less important to my mind to make sure Chrome Apps have the same language.
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Jan 16
PWA PMs agreed that "Install/Uninstall" for CrOS is a good choice. In the long run, we may revisit. |
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