[wp-testers] Re: Is this possible....

[Chris Moody]

Why be shown at all that an inactive plug in needs to be updated? I can 
see that you may want to know it has an update if your looking at the 
plugin screen itself, but if your writing a new post, do you really care 
right then that an inactive plugin has an update?

Chris

Chris Thomson wrote:
> What if it notified you differently based on whether the plugin is 
> activated or deactivated? What if the little red dot in the sidebar 
> was grey for inactive plugins needing updates (ignore roughness): 
> http://img.skitch.com/20081206-b8age367un74ay52ryjyprr76h.jpg
>
> Just my 2c.
>
> ——
> Chris Thomson
> http://twitter.com/chris24
>
> On 6-Dec-08, at 11:34 AM, DJ Allyn wrote:
>
>> Is there a reason you keep the  inactive plugins your host includes with
>> one-click or Fantastico?  They are usually the first things I delete 
>> when I
>> get them.  For me, it is the Hello Dolly plugin I get every time I 
>> upgrade.
>> I don't dislike it, I just don't use it, so I get rid of it so I don't
>> clutter things up.
>>
>> Just MY two cents.  ;)
>>
>> -- 
>> DJ Allyn
>> www.djallyn.org
>> www.liberaltopia.org
>>
>> "The real trouble with reality is that there is no background music"
>>
>> Is it at all possible, for the Plugin notifier to not alert us when 
>> inactive
>> plugins have updates? With one of my installs, it came with several 
>> plugins
>> automatically installed from my hosting company, which I don't use. 
>> Its a
>> pain having to check to make sure none of the ones I actually use are
>> needing to be updated...
>>
>> Just my 2 cents,
>>
>> Chris
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