Philip Meyer;363354 Wrote: 
> I am seeing a lot of plugins that I could install, but haven't got an
> interest in, or are not appropriate.  Perhaps it would be a good idea
> to include another checkbox column that would allow the user to hide
> chosen plugins, eg. plugins that they will never need to see again. 
> You could have a "Show Hidden" checkbox filter above/below the grid.
> 

I like the idea. I think the "hide" logic should be based on a checksum
of plugin name + description so that "hidden" plugins would become
visible again if the description changed (but NOT based on mere updates
to version, changelog changes, etc.). Imagine my PowerCenter plugin --
it used to only support Linux. Windows users naturally would hide info
about a plugin that didn't run on Windows. When I added Windows
support, I could've updates the description in the repo & Windows users
would then see that plugin again. Basing the hide logic on name+desc
would let users learn of new features, while keeping hidden any plugin
whose description/features hadn't changed.


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