Usability of Plugin Manager
Martin Entlicher <[email protected]>
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Hi, I have some issues that occur when my modules are uninstalled and then installed again, so I've started to use the new Plugin Manager. But I've run into some usability issues. The first surprise is a big [Deactivate] button, which makes the line two times thick. And it cause a strange effect - when I select a line in Libraries (which can not be deactivated and thus there is no such button), the length of the list is reduced and the selected line is shifted under the mouse pointer. Not much pleasant. Then I started to figure out how to activate the modules again. I've uninstalled 2 modules. But now I can not find a way how to bring them back! If someone uninstall some modules just temporarlily, e.g. to reduce memory footprint or remove the functionality that is not necessary right now, it's impossible to return the functionality back. I can find my modules under "New Plugins" tab, but I can identify them only because I remember the precise names and they are among tons of other modules. And these modules are available at the update center, they are not the modules that are a part of my NetBeans installation. When I uninstall anything, I should have a possibility to install it again, I think. Like it was in 5.5. Next, there's a column "My Rating". What is it for? I did not manage to change there anything. The column is just empty. In Libraries, some module names are white. Why? What does it mean? The properties with list of module dependencies and requirements is also gone. I understand that ordinary users would not like to dig into these properties, but they were useful for me several times already, when I needed to figure out why some module can not be installed. Regards, Martin