>Some potential problems with the new plugin repo include: > >a) Spambots are gonna figure out how to invade it at some point >(probably).
Yeah, that's definitely a potential issue--especially with the popularity of jQuery. >b) There are nearly no controls in place to keep a malicious user from >"spamming" his plugin all over the place, e.g. by adding it to every >category or uploading it via multiple names. > >c) The alphabetic display of plugins rewards those authors who name >their plugins starting with the letter 'A', because those are the >first ones which users will see when browsing the list. While overall B & C are possible, I'm not it'll be a problem with the jQuery community. Issue B might crop up from time to time, but moderating will take care of that. As for Issue C, I think most developers are going to read through the list of all the plug-ins to make sure they grab the one that best fits their needs. There are lots of similar plug-ins (especially when dealing with tooltips and lightbox implementations.) Even if a developer does name their plug-in with "A", it's still got to do the job correctly or people will abandon it. I guess as long as the jQuery plug-in repository is a list of open source, non-commercial plug-ins, I can't see B or C being much of an issue. -Dan
