Re: Usability of Plugin Manager

Also, names of modules should have some space from the left. When there 
is e.g. "JPDA...", the letter J touches the column line. This is not 
nice and reduce readability.

-Martin

Martin Entlicher wrote:
> 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
>
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