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 Medeek

Having to recall the author is not intuitive when searching for your plugin'
My first thought is to search by "function".

[juju]

surely using the search function for either "truss" or "foundation" would list either anyway?

[Rich O Brien]

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 Manager

I 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 Manager

2. 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.