Improve Flathub: Clearly visible link to the

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IMO a clear-as-day UX improvement to the flathub website is:

From flathub webpages such as

place a visible link (behind a logo, maybe) to

Correct me if I’m wrong but this is how flathub is organized, yes?

I can see only good reasons FOR linking from a flathub package’s webpage to the place where is written/located what that thing actually is.
I can see no reason against this, except for that some people will not know what this actually is.
But my counterargument here: Place the link behind the logo of github/gitlab/whatever and people who don’t know wont really notice anyway.

See this from an outsiders perspective for a minute:
I was was not sure - and I still have some 3% uncertainty - that the above two links really are about the same package.

I think linking (in both directions) would help with confidence in the system and with general UX for technically minded people.

What do you think?

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The link already exists, it’s called Manifest on the page:

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The GitHub project links back to the Flathub page, too (see About).

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good thing.

Is “Manifest” a good name though?

On Manifests — Flatpak documentation it is written that “[…] this file is called the manifest.”, i.e. the Manifest is a file.

The link does not go to a file but to a repository - that I guess contains the mainfest file.

At least I am confused by this naming and - obviously - was not able to get it at first glance.
Maybe a rename could help (or using a symbol instead)
“Manifest Repository” maybe? The “repository” would have caught my eye, I guess.

Anyway. Thanks for considering.

Good that the link itself is already present :slight_smile: