[TYPO3-v4] New vs "Old" Extension Manager

[Ingo Renner]

Am 11.07.11 12:15, schrieb Xavier Perseguers:

Hi all,

> 2) We allow only old EM

Since I never really was a fan of the new one I prefer the old EM. More 
on that below.

> => still needs some hidden "development" setting to let the contributors
> possibly fix issues? Not sure!

What do you mean here?


Now what I like / dislike about the different versions

The new EM just is not usable to me with its many nested grids and tabs 
and thereby creating lots of scroll bars.

Also code wise (which really doesn't matter to the end user though) I 
feel that the new EM was a step in the wrong direction. Although things 
were split up into several classes, if you have a look at it, it's still 
no good OOP. Some things should have gone to t3lib also...

To me, just like Tolleiv, the best solution would be a combination of 
both because there certainly are some very good things I do like in the 
new EM - the file view of an extension f.e.. Alas, I never thought about 
it before, but Tolleiv is right, this should not be part of the EM if we 
really think about what it should do... un/installing and configuring 
extensions.

An easy step to improve things would be to remove the "installed 
extensions" view from the old Em, since this is basically covered by the 
install view, too. Some tweaking in naming here and there would be fine 
too I guess.

Let's then add some nice JS filter on the table and we're mostly done 
I'd say.

When selecting an extension I'd like to see the "tab view" of the new 
EM, this is another thing where it is better than the old one.


In the end I'd choose stability over fancyness and bugs...


so far for my impressions
Ingo

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