I'm requesting something that would allow users to better distinguish multiple versions of the same app. Firefox (AUR) Firefox (Snap) Firefox (Flatpak)
Where? Please be specific about where you're seeing the issue.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1) > Where? Please be specific about where you're seeing the issue. Anywhere that shows apps, more importantly the Application Menu, the Panel, and Desktop.
These are all different places with their own code and semantics for how to show apps; ideally they need their own bug reports, and we can use this as a meta-bug to group them. I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields? Bug 498875 for the Task Manager is related, but not quite that the same. That one can be related to the bug report tracking disambiguating them for pinned Task Manager apps.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > These are all different places with their own code and semantics for how to > show apps; ideally they need their own bug reports, and we can use this as a > meta-bug to group them. > > I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark > them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields? > > Bug 498875 for the Task Manager is related, but not quite that the same. > That one can be related to the bug report tracking disambiguating them for > pinned Task Manager apps. Perhaps adding a tiny AUR/Flatpak/Snap logo on the corner of their icons would solve the issue with all these areas at once? Even better if the system can detect these multiple versions so it only shows it when it's necessary.
Unfortunately it would need to be implemented in all three places. That's not a bad idea though.
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3) > I can't find existing bug reports about this; can you open some and mark > them as depending on this one, via their "Depends On" fields? Done. Bug 500695
(In reply to Fernando M. Muniz from comment #4) > Perhaps adding a tiny AUR/Flatpak/Snap logo on the corner of their icons > would solve the issue with all these areas at once? Even better if the > system can detect these multiple versions so it only shows it when it's > necessary. I don't think currently this is possible -- kde plasma uses information from the desktop files, and it is up to the distribution what is contained in the desktop files.