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Easily understand a project's platform throughout the Sentry UI #43456

Closed cstavitsky closed 1 year ago

cstavitsky commented 1 year ago

Problem Statement

Organizations using Sentry often use many different SDKs. If one is not familiar with the icon representing a particular language/framework, it is difficult to tell which SDK a project uses.

Although it is possible to navigate to a project's Settings page to see the platform, this takes a number of clicks and requires leaving the current page. However, if a user has never encountered a particular icon before, and they aren't aware that the project settings page shows the platform type, there is no straightforward way for them to figure out the platform.

So: on any given page that displays project icons (Stats, Issues, Projects, etc.), the request is to have a clear way, beyond just the existing icon, to identify a project's platform.

Some other notes:

The confusion of duplicate icons increases the value of showing the platform type in text.

Solution Brainstorm

Having a tooltip that appears with the name of the platform when you hover over its icon could be a simple solution to this problem.

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