Hello Tony!
Treating the ArgoUML as something that can be updated and extended while
running is a very appealing thought. It has the distinguishable feature
thought that the user is dependent on the internet access and on the web
site where the extensions reside.
On the other hand, running through the JavaWebStart version of ArgoUML we
are already dependent on the internet access and the concept of updating
without the user taking explicit action is already there. One of my ideas
when making the "new" module loader was to allow the user to specify more
modules to download later on. There is still a lot of work to have this
working properly and when experimenting with this I got the feeling that the
JavaWebStart support for this is not as good as it could be and that to do
more exotic JavaWebStart things it is required to distribute some
JavaWebStart functions jar so I didn't go further with this. If you read the
code I think you can see the remnants of a second part of the Edit =>
Settings => Modules page that contains that are not yet "downloaded" and
that could be searched for.
You (or anyone) are welcome to investigate to see what can be done to
improve this.
/Linus
2008/1/12, Tony | Zearin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Michiel van der Wulp wrote:
> > Yes, the Tools menu is intentionally empty - it can be filled by
> > plug-ins/modules.
> > Admittingly, from usability point of view, this is not a sound
> > situation - there must be a better way.
> I have a suggestion regarding this.
>
> I've always thought that the best way to deal with plug-ins / modules /
> add-ons is something like the GUIs for tools like fink and apt. It's
> been a little while since I poked around on Ubuntu, but IIRC there's a
> pretty good interface that either is, or is functionally equivalent, to
> apt.
>
> So, why not have something under tools that opens a dialog similar to
> this? It could be populated with the mature sub-projects of ArgoUML.
> And what the hay--since this program's users are also developers, a
> category for the immature sub-projects might be warranted too. In my
> ideal conception, these plug-ins could be disabled after installation
> (like Firefox add-ons), as well as uninstalled completely if desired.
> But what would be really cool is the ability to receive up-to-date lists
> of plug-ins and browse them for pick-and-choose functionality without
> having to go to the website.
>
> I feel rather strongly about this UI; I hate going to websites for
> plug-ins and add-ons, even Mozilla's. Whatever that UI was in Ubuntu,
> it was a DREAM. :)
>
> Anyone else think this might be viable for ArgoUML?
>
> -- Tony | "Zearin"
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