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+ | * Allow users to filter the category sections by License, Eclipse Version | ||
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+ | * Show Top Rated / Most Active / New and Updated based on category | ||
+ | * Show Comments on the plugin pages. |
Revision as of 10:15, 16 October 2006
Themes and Priorities : Improve Usability for users of EPIC to make it easier to find/search plug-ins and relevant information
Working Group Members : Nathan Gervais, Ian Skerrett, Jens Eckles, Eric Clayburg
Homepage :
- Increase the visibility of plug-in catalog on the homepage of epic
- Add a drop-down that contains all the plugin categories to the homepage
- Move the search box to a more prominent location
- Ideally it should only take 2 clicks to get to a plugin from the homepage.
- Create more ways to give plugins exposure on the homepage
- Increase Top Rated / Most Active / New and Updated Lists from 10 to 20
- Show lists based on 3/6/12 months instead of lifetime
Search Page :
- Search results should be more focused on plug-ins rather then FAQs, Comments, News, etc.
- Seperate search types, so that more refined searches can be done.
- Search by License type
- Search by Eclipse Version
- Search by ratings
Plugin Category Page:
- Show more details on the plugin category pages.
- Display first 50 words of the description
- Display License type
- Display Eclipse Version
- Display Rating
- Show Top Rated / Most Active / New and Updated based on category
- Allow users to filter the category sections by License, Eclipse Version
Plugin Page:
- Show Top Rated / Most Active / New and Updated based on category
- Show Comments on the plugin pages.