Plugin & Extension - Universal naming
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Universal naming Guidelines for developers.
As Sketchup Extensions and plugins reaches some 800 plus the
requirement for efficient management increases.The current status of named extensions (extensions & plugins) is a "Tower of Babel"
Could not guidelines be introduced that added some level of "order" and "commonality"
to the extensions.Function of the plugin first then the author seems logical.
For example:
Truss - by Medeek
Foundations - by MedeekHaving to recall the author is not intuitive when searching for your plugin'
My first thought is to search by "function". -
surely using the search function for either "truss" or "foundation" would list either anyway?
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We are exploring adding a Collections feature to the next version of the store.
This would allow you to create a collection of tools you can label whatever you wish.
So if you have a set of tools for drafting you create a collection called Drafting and add what you think are the best tools to it.
You could then share the collection with a friend who can install the collection with a click.
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Good idea O'Brien. Look forward to the improvement.
PLugins Manager
Extensions ManagerI would suggest the following may be improvements:
1. The name would be clearer to read if it read:
PLUGINS Manager - SketchUcation
rather than
SketchUcation Plugins Manager2. Managing Sets
When a Set has been selected it would help if the title was
identified.Workflow for various stages can then be linked to a Set
which can be verified.
The user can then select the defined Set for the tasks from a worksheet.
Some Sets are similar and it is not easy to identify when you come back
to a model after a few days or a week.3. Mnemonic aidin the shape of icons assists in recalling the function.
I think having the three primary shapes to identify
the functions will assist in identification.circle, triangle and a square with assigned colour.
Some users may have difficulty with colours.
It helps in recalling each icon's function:
extension store, plugin manager, and extensions manager.
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