Useless words in plugin summaries takes bandwidth

[leamas]

Many plugins uses summaries like Autopilot Route PlugIn for OpenCPN or Run JavaScripts in the plugin.

To have info in the summary that the plugin indeed is a plugin for OpenCPN is useless, the user is already aware of that. And since the summary is (should be) short, it takes away both focus and real estate for more useful info.

If we had an automated checking of summaries it should probably discourage using some words in the summary. The list of words generating a warning would include

• "OpenCPN"
• "plugin"
• The name of the plugin i. e. using the words "GPS Odometer" in the summary for the "GPS Odometer" plugin is not useful.

[leamas]

By the way, good examples on summaries can of course also be found. Some random picks:

• "Show Canadian tidal heights for LW/HW"
• "Connect ship with Google Earth"
• "Control a Raymarine Seatalk 1 Autopilot"

List all summaries in the plugins project: grep summary ocpn-plugins.xml | uniq

[rgleason]

Agreed, I will change autopilot_route summary next update (and others).

[antipole2]

Run JavaScripts in the plugin shortened to Run JavaScripts in forthcoming v3.0

[rgleason]

I totally agree.