Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamp...@googlemail.com> writes:

> Am 27.11.2010 18:04, schrieb Frederik Ramm:
>>> Sure, every solution has it's drawbacks. But what's the users
>>> interest? To know which menu item is caused by which plugin, or to
>>> intuitively find a functionality where a user expects it.
>>
>> If you have just asked for something on the list, and people have told
>> you "install the XYZ plugin, then you can do what you want", I think it
>> would not be too much to ask from the user to go to the "Plugins/XYZ"
>> menu. Indeed this provides a clear visual clue that the XYZ plugin is
>> indeed installed and active.
>
> If the plugin doesn't have/need a menu entry, this logic fails :-)
>
> I don't think the real user interest is to make sure that a specific
> pugin is installed. I think the user simply wants to use the function
> in question.

And if the functionality of plugin XYZ can be found in Plugins/XYZ it
might be the most reliable way to find that function - if all plugins
behave like that.

Matthias

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