On 24 April 2014 04:58, Pavel Roschin roshin@scriptumplus.ru wrote:
Hello!
There are some inconveniences in current plugin manager window:
- plugin description is too long and is hard to read because of window width
- too many actions user need to perform to get access to plugin settings
- no plugin search feature
- too many windows: settings - window, keybindings - window, help - window
I tried to make some sort of concept of plugin manager interface design. Maybe you will find it interesting: http://pbrd.co/1jBUM4f
Alternative (move description to bottom): http://pbrd.co/1jBUOJh
I offer:
- add search field
- remove unnecessary labels
- remove plugin description from list
- show plugin description as tooltip or show it in status bar
No, it has to be visible in the dialog, not disconnected in some other bar somewhere else or only hidden until mouseover. But sure it could be outside the list in the area of the author etc.
- show plugin settings immediately
- show plugin keybindings as tab where user can check keybindings _only_ for this plugin
- show help as a tab (of course there should be API for help window with rich text, maybe show readme)
Any suggestions?
A pull request?
Cheers Lex
PS apart from the one comment about the description, it sounds fine, though I don't know if it will make *that* much difference to usability.
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