Hi, I modified my working copy of felix's ~/felix/trunk/shell.gui.plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/shell/gui/plugin/ShellPlugin.java so a user can drag a list of components from any OS folder such as OpenESB's ojc-components folder on to the 'Install' button and when the user drops, the list of components are installed into the profile.
I find this much faster than typing url's by hand or even going with a file chooser. If this patch is of interest please advise what alterations you'd prefer such as the choice of drop location. I did it with the 'Install' button as the drop target but this could be what you think is most intuitive. Haven't tested on a linux box yet but it is written using uri's so it should be work.