Extensions/plugins are an essential way to leverage the best out of SU and tailor it to personal requirements. But the way they operate and are managed is a bit haphazard. You are never sure where they are going to appear in the drop down menus. Some have their own toolbar, others don’t. Some have their own icons but not all. Even under Preferences, if they appear there, the list seems arbitrary and is in no seeming order. That list cannot be sorted or grouped. Worst of all, there is rarely much explanation of how to use the extension. It would be good to have information imported with the extension to tell you where to find it and how to make use of it. Perhaps in the Preferences window there would be a More Info button to access this.
I have just downloaded a new extension (TIG’s Split Sausage). I was told it had installed OK. But can I find it, either under the Preferences list or anywhere in SU? One is left wondering what happened.
I realise this situation arises because there are a lot of people doing their own thing in their own sweet way. But might there not be a kind of protocol that developers are encouraged to use to get some uniformity? Maybe there is but they often ignore it?
