Good news. See http://ralphwhitbeck.com/2009/09/16/jQueryConference2009Summary.aspx
"So what was announced at jQuery Conference regarding the jQuery project? ... 3. Announced a revamped and simplified plugin repository. This is jQuery teams number one priority and is targeted to for release by end of year. ... " - Richard On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:49 PM, JMan <jbeck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is it just me or does anyone else have the hardest time finding > plugins on the jquery.com site? > > jquery is an awesome library and I do not plan on using anything else > anytime soon but the manner in which they catalog plugins on the site > is terrible. I know these guys are capable of much better. > > Ok so you can choose a plugin category but then everything just runs > together on that page. The content displayed for each plugin varies > wildly depending on how generous the plugin developer was when they > added their contribution. > > The plugin search seems to search through all the pages and their > content and the results you get back are pretty vague at times and in > many cases you get back duplicates. For example if you search for menu > you may get back a bunch of links to pages that have the word menu in > them but the page may not be a menu plugin. > > The Taxonomy is not too bad but I think they should categorize and sub > categorize the plugins a little better. > > A great example of what is needed in the extensions directory at > Joomla.com. Even if you just list the plugins more like a product > catalog with a link to the main plugin page stuff would be allot > easier on the eyes. > > I know the jquery community has alot of great code to offer but > discovering it in the plugins section of jquery.com is quite painful. > I am not trying to upset anyone here but jquery and it's plugin > directory has outgrown the Drupal/CCK limitations. > >
