Reported by nvdakor on 2014-02-22 11:22
Hi,
Spin-off from #2694:
Since a number of users are concerned about add-on's documentation handler being listed as global plugins for add-ons (which has performance issues) and to provide uniformity in add-on management and documentation lookup, it would be helpful to create a facility to open add-on documentation via Add-ons Manager. The proposed procedure would be as follows:

1. User would open Add-ons Manager and select the add-on for which he or she wants to read its documentation.
2. User would select About button to open About dialog for the add-on.
3. There would be a button titled "Read more..." or similar which opens the add-on documentation, similar to how it is done now (an add-on adding documentation item in help submenu in NVDA menu).

In the addonHandler module, we could add a method and some variables to indicate if the documentation exists for an add-on, among other variables to lay the foundation for further add-on management improvements (separate tickets for features such as add-on updates).
Thanks.

Blocked by #2694