WISH: Easy Access Plug-in version information

I don't know if this is something David can handle or if it's just a wish for Developers to follow. But is there any chance the current installed version number could appear on the About screen prompt?

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Permalink Reply by Andres Gonzalez on January 17, 2012 at 10:36am

Thanks Danny, I like the idea too!

Permalink Reply by taz on January 17, 2012 at 1:12pm

Perhaps the "Add-On About" should include a compatibility field?

i.e. "Compatible with GH Build 0.8.0065"

Or is that TMI?

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 17, 2012 at 5:26pm

If you double-click those icons you get further information like so:

In terms of versioning, I don't require developers to have a valid versioning scheme, but if they supply a version I'll display it.

Taz: either the plugin is compatible with the current version in which case it will show up on the banner, or it isn't, in which case it won't. Since there's no way to predict when a release will break a plugin, this information is pretty worthless. All it could possibly tell you is that the plugin is compatible with the version of Grasshopper you have, hey-ho.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on January 18, 2012 at 4:34am

Doh! I only tried single clicks and right clicks

Permalink Reply by David Rutten on January 18, 2012 at 4:46am

Yeah, single clicks usually close the banner and I felt it was better to not have them do anything at all while over a plugin icon instead of doing something completely different.

David Rutten

david@mcneel.com

Poprad, Slovakia

Permalink Reply by taz on January 20, 2012 at 12:59pm

In other words you'll pass my request along to the Department of Redundancy Department...

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