# UPDATE #2! Extension Warehouse Planned Maintenance and Downtime (We are live!)

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**Category:** Extension Warehouse\
**Created:** [December 10, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/update-2-extension-warehouse-planned-maintenance-and-downtime-we-are-live/110723 "2019-12-10T14:36:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/update-2-extension-warehouse-planned-maintenance-and-downtime-we-are-live/110723/61 "2020-01-07T11:43:24Z")

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> [@dezmo](#):
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> There must be some words about EW is for Sketchup…

Apart from being under the [sketchup.com](http://sketchup.com) domain?

> [@dezmo](#):
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> There must be a link what is EW and how to use it.  
> E.g.: [https://help.sketchup.com/en/extension-warehouse/extension-warehouse](https://help.sketchup.com/en/extension-warehouse/extension-warehouse) (But updated content.)

That’s a good point.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> Why the “Windows” or “Mac” filters is in the middle and the others are on left?

What browser? Got a screenshot?  
I’m using Chrome and I see this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/c/c/cc6f6af7e7495a26a496811e04262e23f9703b0d.png)

> [@dezmo](#):
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> Not necessarily more is better.  
> Currently the “Top Developers” is chosen by the number of her/his plugins. Couldn’t be the extension developer with one plugin as “top” as the dev with hundreds of plugins?  
> What about to make a list of all devs?

Agreed - “Top Developer” has been “most extensions” since EW1. It was a very arbitrary metric. And while I’ve always been on that list - I’m more than happy to see that metric go. I also don’t think the current Views metric is of much use to anyone either. We’ve been talking about this internally.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> - The sort description is too short, or the developers has not been informed about changes.  
> E.g.: “ColorHex is a set of tools used for painting models with #He”

This should have been updated already. (Or is about to be updated.) But developers will need to update the descriptions.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> Some extension marked as “free” is not free.

Yea, currently any extension that doesn’t sell through Extension Warehouse is labelled “Free” which is unfortunate. This is logged internally.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> If the EXTENSION TYPE is not “Free” and not “Paid” then what?

Then you get NOTHING! No extensions for you! 😋  
On a serious note - is there any behaviour you would expect to happen if a user filters out everything?

> [@dezmo](#):
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> The categories are very subjective  
> E.g. all extension should be “productive” otherwise make no sense… perhaps the categories should be “checkbox” instead of “radio”, (or select box with multiple attribute).

Not sure what you mean by this one. You can select up to three categories for multiple values.  
While any extension can be “Productivity” it probably not the best description for all. You pick the top 3 categories that explain and differentiate you extension best.  
The “Productivity” option is there for extensions such as “Selection Toys” etc - which doesn’t fit into any particular industry.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> The “Top Extensions” are self-click generators.  
> Should have be given a chance for the new extensions … perhaps “Top and NEW Extensions.”

Fully agree! I want to see better rotation of the highlighted extensions. I think it would be nice of we should find a system that can show popular extensions as well as highlighting new or updated extensions.

> [@dezmo](#):
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> Kind of “like heart” (revocable) button could be implemented to plugin page, similar as in the forum.

Agree. Personally I don’t like rating systems with negative annotation - as those system often get games very quickly. And I don’t think it should be easy to leave negative feedback - such is better funneled into constructive feedback that can be made into actionable improvements.

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