Morning! Here's another QoL/QA idea for the @Framer team: When you stumble upon a plugin that you like on the Marketplace, like @Cédric's Type System plugin, you realise very soon that the (external) metadata for the Framer plugins CMS is actually very limited.
One thing Figma got right the 1st time is metadata. When you don't have much time, and your eyes are sore from browsing the marketplace, you just want to check the essential data in the metadata card, meaning:
—Last updated, which is the 1st indicator of a plugin's reliability (in the card, not in the description).
—The number of installs/remixes, which is the 2nd indicator.
—Clickable related TAGS. In this plugin's context, tags should be "Typography" and "Design System" (generic/wider scope) and "Text Styles Generator" (specific).
The related plugins section should reflect semantic / tag association. Right now, they are anything but Related (see screen grab).
I think @Jurre was working on a marketplace redo, so let's hope for the best [practices]. : )
#FixingFramer
P.S. Also, the search feature in the marketplace does not correctly process the é character, so searching for Cédric does not render anything. Quand même ...
P.S. If marketplace links to community resources are not allowed when posting in the community, how am I supposed to link to the plugin I'm talking about? Just make a screen grab and let users search for it?
Morning! Here's another QoL/QA idea for the @Framer team: When you stumble upon a plugin that you like on the Marketplace, like @Cédric's Type System plugin, you realise very soon that the (external) metadata for the Framer plugins CMS is actually very limited.
One thing Figma got right the 1st time is metadata. When you don't have much time, and your eyes are sore from browsing the marketplace, you just want to check the essential data in the metadata card, meaning:
—Last updated, which is the 1st indicator of a plugin's reliability (in the card, not in the description).
—The number of installs/remixes, which is the 2nd indicator.
—Clickable related TAGS. In this plugin's context, tags should be "Typography" and "Design System" (generic/wider scope) and "Text Styles Generator" (specific).
The related plugins section should reflect semantic / tag association. Right now, they are anything but Related (see screen grab).
I think @Jurre was working on a marketplace redo, so let's hope for the best [practices]. : )
#FixingFramer
P.S. Also, the search feature in the marketplace does not correctly process the é character, so searching for Cédric does not render anything. Quand même ...
P.S. If marketplace links to community resources are not allowed when posting in the community, how am I supposed to link to the plugin I'm talking about? Just make a screen grab and let users search for it?