Comment 14 for bug 263827

Celeste: "I'll have to talk about the Tools page with Artemis, AFAIK neither of us think the contents are that disruptive, but there may be a better way to organize them."

To clarify, I feel the Tools page needs improvement not just to its organization but also to layout. On organization I don't have much to add to what I've already said; Tools feels to me more like a "Miscellaneous" dumping ground than a well-thought-out top-level category.

Regarding layout, every function provided through the Tools page is presented through popup dialogs. Dialogs are a nuisance when used improperly, so while they can be used for wizards or for yes/no ok/cancel type interactions without generating much user resistance, in almost every other case UI elements should be embedded in panels or tab pages. The information conveyed by some Tools dialogs ("View Devices Info" for example) should be immediately viewable in Tools (or a sub-tab) without the user having to click a button to produce it (and wrestle with the resulting popup dialog). In the case of "View Configuration Files" the popup dialog itself contains a tab book -- there's even less justification for not embedding that in the main page IMO.