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[phoenix-epic-dev] Survey Update
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Almost 300 responses
so far. Just to keep your appetite whetted, here are some suggestions that
have come in the "What would you like to see added to EPIC" open ended
question:
Don't
know...
Quick tutorials in ordert to start working with any plug-in
tags
for plugin and tag based search
List of plug-in (in)compatibilities with
eclipse versions and other plug-ins
Trustful user ratings. Better way to
choose the best plugin on a category.
More filtering/search
capabilities.
Accurate and hierarchical plugin categorization
eclipse FAQ
search
News, Introduce, PlugIn, Embedded, JavaME, EMF
auto update for all
common plug-in for eclipse
more open source community communication in
EPIC
I don´t know
Better navigation. Specifically, when I'm looking for a
category of plugin, sometimes I have trouble browsing to such a thing. Perhaps
either run with the tags or labels used on other sites, or a
yahoo/open-directory style browse interface. The former is probably easier to
maintain and more useful.
Plugin tutorials
don't know
usefull framework
plugin for eclipse
Please increase the update rate for plugins on EPIC, I
often download a newer plugin from the original post site not EPIC.
I want a
tutorial or a sample.
freedom
hope......
It's all ok :)
I'd like to
a more sophisticated plugin search engine with several criteria in one query.
For instance, It would be better to allow searching/filtering on name, category,
license, rate and date.
More robust compatibility information for plugins, I
have gotten at least one nasty surprise when a plugin broke my Eclipse
install.
An easy way to filter open source plugins from commercial plugins
when browsing and searching.
Advanced search (by license type etc.)
Don't
know.
Deeper integration with Eclipse's plugin management infrastructure. It
would be excellent if EPIC could became a repository for plugin updates. A
discussion thread associated with specific plugins entries would be an
interesting addition, as well.
Add a "LOGIN" link instead of having to click
"Membership," it's confusing for new users. Also, after I login, I would have
expected to see a list of plug-ins listed under my account so I can quickly find
and edit them. Currently I have to do a search or find them in the plug-in
catalog to do edits. The ability to edit this from the "My account" screen would
be more natural
Make the site more faster. Make it easier to see which
plugins are closed/open.
Integration with Eclipse platform, not only as web
site
bug tracking
Search accessible from all pages. Use of filters to
narrow down selection.
ALmost across the board, searching for eclipse plugins
is difficult. Improved searching with better keyword ranking and an easy way to
narrow searches would be great. Easy doesn't mean just and Advanced Search link.
Easy means keywords. For example: hibernate license:BSD
The only thing I
would really like to see is more robust search capabilities. There should be an
advanced search screen where you can search on one or more categories, one or
more eclipse versions, license, etc.
More content including snazzy designs
and graphics.
Fine-grained categories
I think EPIC should be split into
three separate groups: Eclipse Foundation Projects, Commercial Plugins and Open
Source plugins. Group number two should be available for editors who present
Eclipse Foundation members who build tools based on Eclipse (ex.: Adobe, BEA,
Zend). Group number three, Open Source project, must be open to public so every
OSS plugin developer could add their plugin into repository. But of course we
need some restrictions applied here. That is, plugin developer should provide
tests that pass, description, documentation, feature site and uninstall option
for the plugin to be valid for addition to EPIC. The last one is missing badly.
One more thing is that EPIC should provide a dependency resolve feature. That is
if I choose to install RadRails that requires RDT, it should automatically add
RDT to install list. Mini-browser of top downloaded plugins and recent updates
would be cool.
Current rating system is useless and non representative. It
should use more representative system that would reflect current plugin. E.g.
expire some ratings (to reflect newer versions), take user credibility into the
account (so, ratings from user who rated more then one plugin from different
providers should have bigger weight), etc. EPIC should provide an update site
aggregator, perhaps even configured for individual user
interests.
nothing.
Cheers,
- Don
--
Director of Ecosystem
Development
Office: (613) 224-9461
x231
Cell: (613) 292-5160
Fax: (613) 224-5172
