[Qgis-developer] Featured plugins
Worth Lutz
wal3 at mindspring.com
Thu Dec 3 12:36:29 PST 2015
As a recent new user, (and now a custom plugin writer), I did not
remember that there was a plugin page. I look for plugins in the plugin
manager as that is what come to mind first before I start googling.
I also lurk here for valuable info. :)
*Worth Lutz*
On 12/3/2015 2:59 PM, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote:
> Am 03.12.2015, 20:14 Uhr, schrieb Paolo Cavallini
> <cavallini at faunalia.it>:
>
>> Hi all,
>> I wonder what is the criterion to mark a plugin as featured. There is
>> even one featured plugin which is now deprecated.
>> Perhaps we should have clear criteria for inclusion, and keep the list
>> updated?
>> All the best.
>
> With new users in mind, I wonder if the plugins page is really the
> resource for picking a plugin, or if they just search through the
> plugin manager for things they might need, cause it does provide the
> exact same informations as the website (minus those tags).
>
> More important for me would be the question, which plugins are
> installed and enabled by default. And I ask the question again (I
> never got an answer on that before): Why e.g. is the Table Manager not
> installed and available by default? As ESRI shape is the major output
> format, a novice starting to use QGIS has no tool to alter the
> attribute table, which is IMHO an unnecessary obstacle.
> I bet there are not few people fumbling around in the dbf before
> realizing that there is a plugin available.
>
> Just my two cents
> Bernd
>
>
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