[wp-hackers] Reviews for Plugins

[Ryan Frankel]

Helen,

> I also wouldn't
> want to worry about not being able to look at my installed plugins list
> just because I'm offline
I most have gotten lost here.  Why would you not be able to look at your installed plugins when you are offline?  The update system talks back to WordPress but doesn't cause any issues.  I don't see any reason any plugin would have that affect.

> I, for one, would be extremely unhappy if I found out that something inside
> the WP admin was sending my email address off-site just for some simple
> ratings.
I would think that if you actively  went to rate something you would be OK with some sort of authentication.  I don't think anyone is proposing doing anything malicious or secretive.  Again, I don't want to get bogged down in the authentication discussion.

ryan

On Nov 1, 2011, at 6:15 PM, Helen Hou-Sandi wrote:

> I, for one, would be extremely unhappy if I found out that something inside
> the WP admin was sending my email address off-site just for some simple
> ratings. A third-party or plugin also seems unlikely to be widely adopted
> and seems rather unnecessary given what already exists. I also wouldn't
> want to worry about not being able to look at my installed plugins list
> just because I'm offline (local dev, anyone?).
> 
> A link seems like it would work just fine, perhaps if it opens in a
> thickbox without any site chrome? Then one could log in with their .org
> credentials (or perhaps even register) and then rate from there without
> stepping away from the admin. There are more steps to that than just
> clicking some stars, but since some sort of auth is required anyway, it
> seems as non-obtrusive and in-line with other admin behavior as can be.
> This would still need some work on the .org end though, of course.
> 
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