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When a user reloads the plugin catalog, there is no way to know which are the new plugins which have been added. It will be great if the plugins can be sorted based on the date when it was added. If the new plugins added since the last reload can be highlighted or marked, it will be excellent.
Why is not "Recently added" list [1] of plugins suitable for your needs? Thanks for your report. [1] http://plugins.netbeans.org/PluginPortal/faces/PluginListPage.jsp?recentlyadded
It is possible to sort the plugins list by date of last update or addition. This works for me since Plugin Portal 2.0.