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

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Jigal van Hemert wrote:
> There is not that much wrong with the new EM IMO. A few things which
> need improvement:

I would say it should be "improved" first. If something comes out, it 
should come ready, not half-ready.

May be we should have two separate extensions: old EM and new EM. That 
would serve anybody.

> So far I noticed that programmers like the old EM, because it shows a
> lot of information and looks "technical". Integrators tend to like the
> new EM a bit better.

I am usually not interested in technical details, all I need is a fast way 
to search and install extensions. That is much easier with the old EM 
without all these shiny panels and multiple scrolls: less clicks, more 
straight workflow. I afraid devs got carried away a bit by the 
possibilities opened by ExtJS ;) Everybody does that when starts working 
with ExtJS. But EM should have been simpler, not technologically cooler.

The simpler, the better.

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Dmitry "itoldyou" Dulepov
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