Usability Improvement: Please link all the module names to back to drupal.org.
When I am looking at admin/modules, I frequently need to quickly see what a module does. admin/modules simply lists the module name, but now I have to search drupal.org to find the module. It would be much more convenient to simply click on the module name and be taken to drupal.org.
As a side note: It might be good to allow a theme or module's .info file to specify the url to where the item is located. Some modules or themes aren't hosted on drupal.org. This url would build the link on admin/modules
Maybe like this in the .info file
Example Views Module
located = "http://www.drupal.org/project/views"
Hope that helps someone,
-Glenn
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Comments
Comment #1
jbrown commentedComment #2
yoroy commentedLinking to drupal.org to install modules was an extremely jarring experience for new users, see the "The workflow of finding and adding a new module from Drupal.org is overwhelming" part in #1175694: Report from the University of Minnesota Drupal Usability Testing .
So, linking a module name directly to a d.o. page seems to be not such a good idea. Doesn't mean that we shouldn't put in this info somehow. The bigger initiative that comes into play here is to integrate a module/theme browser directly into core: http://groups.drupal.org/node/145159
Comment #3
gmclelland commented@yoroy - See the attachment. All I was wanting was the module name hyperlinked to where it's home can be found. Some modules will be found on drupal.org and others probably on some other feature server somewhere.
This is not about installing modules, it's about viewing the modules you already have. When you are reviewing a new website the first place you go to is admin/build/modules to learn what modules where installed. If you see a module you have never heard of say "Administrative views" it would be handy if that module name was just linked to drupal.org/project/admin_menu so that you know it's part of the "admin menu" module.
I was really hoping this could get included in all versions of Drupal not just Drupal 8.
Comment #12
quietone commentedClosing this as a duplicate. The new issue is #2906547: Add links to Drupal.org project pages to module listings in /admin/modules. Adding credit there.