Show all plugins in prefs windows
Bug #383540 reported by
Daniel Schierbeck
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The distinction between "official" and "community" plugins seems to have no real bearing for the user, who only wishes to enable the functionality, and probably isn't too concerned of the maturity of the plugin. It would therefore improve the usability of the preferences window if it was not necessary to select "all plugins" in the "show" box in order to actually see which plugins are available.
I'd rather remove the select box all together, and (if needed) instead show an indicator of whether a plugin is "official" in the list itself.
This will remove a level of indirection and unneeded structure and give users more direct access to the fun plugins.
tags: | added: usability |
Changed in do: | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
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No, it is needed. Community plugins are often very low quality, and we need to put this small obstacle in front of users to force them to give their consent to installing any non-official plugins. Removing this speed bump would open a can of worms.