User-interface instructions are the step-by-step instructions for doing something like testing software or installing a Windows application. These kinds of instructions are often hard to use. They are frequently incomplete and ambiguous, which makes it easy to get lost in a long sequence of steps, and slows you down by forcing you to make guesses at certain steps. This happens because the writer underestimates how much detail is required, or is just lazy.

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We have found it useful to install plug-ins separately from where Eclipse is installed, so you do not lose the plug-ins when you inevitably delete your Eclipse installation to start again, or install a new version. This works better than relying on Eclipse’s self-upgrade working, and is simple when you know how. Here’s how. (more…)

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