diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py
index 1ebd4ea6ba..c3bf9bbe8b 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/preferences.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class PreferencesAction(InterfaceAction):
             pm.addAction(QIcon(I('config.png')), _('Change calibre behavior'), self.do_config)
         pm.addAction(QIcon(I('wizard.png')), _('Run welcome wizard'),
                 self.gui.run_wizard)
+        pm.addAction(QIcon(I('plugins/plugin_updater.png')),
+                _('Get plugins to enhance calibre'), self.get_plugins)
         if not DEBUG:
             pm.addSeparator()
             ac = pm.addAction(QIcon(I('debug.png')), _('Restart in debug mode'),
@@ -36,6 +38,12 @@ class PreferencesAction(InterfaceAction):
         for x in (self.gui.preferences_action, self.qaction):
             x.triggered.connect(self.do_config)
 
+    def get_plugins(self):
+        from calibre.gui2.dialogs.plugin_updater import (PluginUpdaterDialog,
+                FILTER_NOT_INSTALLED)
+        d = PluginUpdaterDialog(self.gui,
+                initial_filter=FILTER_NOT_INSTALLED)
+        d.exec_()
 
     def do_config(self, checked=False, initial_plugin=None,
             close_after_initial=False):
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/plugin_updater.py b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/plugin_updater.py
index 24a9c426de..3656d908da 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/plugin_updater.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/dialogs/plugin_updater.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from PyQt4.Qt import (Qt, QUrl, QFrame, QVBoxLayout, QLabel, QBrush, QTextEdit,
                       QComboBox, QAbstractItemView, QHBoxLayout, QDialogButtonBox,
                       QAbstractTableModel, QVariant, QTableView, QModelIndex,
                       QSortFilterProxyModel, pyqtSignal, QAction, QIcon, QDialog,
-                      QFont, QPixmap)
+                      QFont, QPixmap, QSize)
 from PyQt4 import QtCore
 from calibre import browser, prints
 from calibre.constants import numeric_version, iswindows, isosx, DEBUG
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ class SizePersistedDialog(QDialog):
     This dialog is a base class for any dialogs that want their size/position
     restored when they are next opened.
     '''
+
+    initial_extra_size = QSize(0, 0)
+
     def __init__(self, parent, unique_pref_name):
         QDialog.__init__(self, parent)
         self.unique_pref_name = unique_pref_name
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ class SizePersistedDialog(QDialog):
 
     def resize_dialog(self):
         if self.geom is None:
-            self.resize(self.sizeHint())
+            self.resize(self.sizeHint()+self.initial_extra_size)
         else:
             self.restoreGeometry(self.geom)
 
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@ class PluginFilterComboBox(QComboBox):
 
 
 class DisplayPlugin(object):
+
     def __init__(self, list_node):
         # The html from the index web page looks like this:
         '''
@@ -264,6 +268,7 @@ Platforms: Windows, OSX, Linux; History: Yes;</span></i></li>
 
 
 class DisplayPluginSortFilterModel(QSortFilterProxyModel):
+
     def __init__(self, parent):
         QSortFilterProxyModel.__init__(self, parent)
         self.setSortRole(Qt.UserRole)
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ class DisplayPluginSortFilterModel(QSortFilterProxyModel):
 
 
 class DisplayPluginModel(QAbstractTableModel):
+
     def __init__(self, display_plugins):
         QAbstractTableModel.__init__(self)
         self.display_plugins = display_plugins
@@ -440,6 +446,7 @@ class DisplayPluginModel(QAbstractTableModel):
 class PluginUpdaterDialog(SizePersistedDialog):
 
     update_found = pyqtSignal(object)
+    initial_extra_size = QSize(350, 100)
 
     def __init__(self, gui, initial_filter=FILTER_UPDATE_AVAILABLE):
         SizePersistedDialog.__init__(self, gui, 'Plugin Updater plugin:plugin updater dialog')
@@ -473,7 +480,7 @@ class PluginUpdaterDialog(SizePersistedDialog):
         self.setWindowTitle(_('Check for user plugin updates'))
         layout = QVBoxLayout(self)
         self.setLayout(layout)
-        title_layout = ImageTitleLayout(self, 'images/plugin_updater.png', _('User Plugin Status'))
+        title_layout = ImageTitleLayout(self, 'plugins/plugin_updater.png', _('User Plugin Status'))
         layout.addLayout(title_layout)
 
         header_layout = QHBoxLayout()
@@ -856,4 +863,4 @@ class PluginUpdaterDialog(SizePersistedDialog):
         pt = PersistentTemporaryFile('.zip')
         pt.write(raw)
         pt.close()
-        return pt.name
\ No newline at end of file
+        return pt.name
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
index dd8d876005..96fbafe4d5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/widgets.py
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ Miscellaneous widgets used in the GUI
 '''
 import re, traceback
 
-from PyQt4.Qt import QIcon, QFont, QLabel, QListWidget, QAction, \
-                        QListWidgetItem, QTextCharFormat, QApplication, \
-                        QSyntaxHighlighter, QCursor, QColor, QWidget, \
-                        QPixmap, QSplitterHandle, QToolButton, \
-                        QAbstractListModel, QVariant, Qt, SIGNAL, pyqtSignal, \
-                        QRegExp, QSettings, QSize, QSplitter, \
-                        QPainter, QLineEdit, QComboBox, QPen, QGraphicsScene, \
-                        QMenu, QStringListModel, QCompleter, QStringList, \
-                        QTimer, QRect, QFontDatabase, QGraphicsView
+from PyQt4.Qt import (QIcon, QFont, QLabel, QListWidget, QAction,
+                        QListWidgetItem, QTextCharFormat, QApplication,
+                        QSyntaxHighlighter, QCursor, QColor, QWidget,
+                        QPixmap, QSplitterHandle, QToolButton,
+                        QAbstractListModel, QVariant, Qt, SIGNAL, pyqtSignal,
+                        QRegExp, QSettings, QSize, QSplitter,
+                        QPainter, QLineEdit, QComboBox, QPen, QGraphicsScene,
+                        QMenu, QStringListModel, QCompleter, QStringList,
+                        QTimer, QRect, QFontDatabase, QGraphicsView)
 
 from calibre.gui2 import NONE, error_dialog, pixmap_to_data, gprefs
 from calibre.gui2.filename_pattern_ui import Ui_Form
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ from calibre import fit_image
 from calibre.ebooks import BOOK_EXTENSIONS
 from calibre.utils.config import prefs, XMLConfig, tweaks
 from calibre.gui2.progress_indicator import ProgressIndicator as _ProgressIndicator
-from calibre.gui2.dnd import dnd_has_image, dnd_get_image, dnd_get_files, \
-    IMAGE_EXTENSIONS, dnd_has_extension, DownloadDialog
+from calibre.gui2.dnd import (dnd_has_image, dnd_get_image, dnd_get_files,
+    IMAGE_EXTENSIONS, dnd_has_extension, DownloadDialog)
 
 history = XMLConfig('history')
 
-class ProgressIndicator(QWidget):
+class ProgressIndicator(QWidget): # {{{
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         QWidget.__init__(self, *args)
@@ -57,8 +57,9 @@ class ProgressIndicator(QWidget):
     def stop(self):
         self.pi.stopAnimation()
         self.setVisible(False)
+# }}}
 
-class FilenamePattern(QWidget, Ui_Form):
+class FilenamePattern(QWidget, Ui_Form): # {{{
 
     changed_signal = pyqtSignal()
 
@@ -148,8 +149,9 @@ class FilenamePattern(QWidget, Ui_Form):
 
         return pat
 
+# }}}
 
-class FormatList(QListWidget):
+class FormatList(QListWidget): # {{{
     DROPABBLE_EXTENSIONS = BOOK_EXTENSIONS
     formats_dropped = pyqtSignal(object, object)
     delete_format = pyqtSignal()
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ class FormatList(QListWidget):
         else:
             return QListWidget.keyPressEvent(self, event)
 
+# }}}
+
 class ImageDropMixin(object): # {{{
     '''
     Adds support for dropping images onto widgets and a context menu for
@@ -262,7 +266,7 @@ class ImageDropMixin(object): # {{{
                     pixmap_to_data(pmap))
 # }}}
 
-class ImageView(QWidget, ImageDropMixin):
+class ImageView(QWidget, ImageDropMixin): # {{{
 
     BORDER_WIDTH = 1
     cover_changed = pyqtSignal(object)
@@ -314,8 +318,9 @@ class ImageView(QWidget, ImageDropMixin):
             p.drawRect(target)
         #p.drawRect(self.rect())
         p.end()
+# }}}
 
-class CoverView(QGraphicsView, ImageDropMixin):
+class CoverView(QGraphicsView, ImageDropMixin): # {{{
 
     cover_changed = pyqtSignal(object)
 
@@ -333,7 +338,9 @@ class CoverView(QGraphicsView, ImageDropMixin):
         self.scene.addPixmap(pmap)
         self.setScene(self.scene)
 
-class FontFamilyModel(QAbstractListModel):
+# }}}
+
+class FontFamilyModel(QAbstractListModel): # {{{
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         QAbstractListModel.__init__(self, *args)
@@ -371,7 +378,9 @@ class FontFamilyModel(QAbstractListModel):
 
     def index_of(self, family):
         return self.families.index(family.strip())
+# }}}
 
+# BasicList {{{
 class BasicListItem(QListWidgetItem):
 
     def __init__(self, text, user_data=None):
@@ -404,9 +413,9 @@ class BasicList(QListWidget):
     def items(self):
         for i in range(self.count()):
             yield self.item(i)
+# }}}
 
-
-class LineEditECM(object):
+class LineEditECM(object): # {{{
 
     '''
     Extend the context menu of a QLineEdit to include more actions.
@@ -449,8 +458,9 @@ class LineEditECM(object):
         from calibre.utils.icu import capitalize
         self.setText(capitalize(unicode(self.text())))
 
+# }}}
 
-class EnLineEdit(LineEditECM, QLineEdit):
+class EnLineEdit(LineEditECM, QLineEdit): # {{{
 
     '''
     Enhanced QLineEdit.
@@ -459,9 +469,9 @@ class EnLineEdit(LineEditECM, QLineEdit):
     '''
 
     pass
+# }}}
 
-
-class ItemsCompleter(QCompleter):
+class ItemsCompleter(QCompleter): # {{{
 
     '''
     A completer object that completes a list of tags. It is used in conjunction
@@ -486,8 +496,9 @@ class ItemsCompleter(QCompleter):
         model = QStringListModel(items, self)
         self.setModel(model)
 
+# }}}
 
-class CompleteLineEdit(EnLineEdit):
+class CompleteLineEdit(EnLineEdit):  # {{{
 
     '''
     A QLineEdit that can complete parts of text separated by separator.
@@ -550,8 +561,9 @@ class CompleteLineEdit(EnLineEdit):
         self.setText(complete_text_pat % (before_text[:cursor_pos - prefix_len], text, self.separator, after_text))
         self.setCursorPosition(cursor_pos - prefix_len + len(text) + len_extra)
 
+# }}}
 
-class EnComboBox(QComboBox):
+class EnComboBox(QComboBox): # {{{
 
     '''
     Enhanced QComboBox.
@@ -575,7 +587,9 @@ class EnComboBox(QComboBox):
             idx = 0
         self.setCurrentIndex(idx)
 
-class CompleteComboBox(EnComboBox):
+# }}}
+
+class CompleteComboBox(EnComboBox): # {{{
 
     def __init__(self, *args):
         EnComboBox.__init__(self, *args)
@@ -590,8 +604,9 @@ class CompleteComboBox(EnComboBox):
     def set_space_before_sep(self, space_before):
         self.lineEdit().set_space_before_sep(space_before)
 
+# }}}
 
-class HistoryLineEdit(QComboBox):
+class HistoryLineEdit(QComboBox): # {{{
 
     lost_focus = pyqtSignal()
 
@@ -638,7 +653,9 @@ class HistoryLineEdit(QComboBox):
         QComboBox.focusOutEvent(self, e)
         self.lost_focus.emit()
 
-class ComboBoxWithHelp(QComboBox):
+# }}}
+
+class ComboBoxWithHelp(QComboBox): # {{{
     '''
     A combobox where item 0 is help text. CurrentText will return '' for item 0.
     Be sure to always fetch the text with currentText. Don't use the signals
@@ -685,8 +702,9 @@ class ComboBoxWithHelp(QComboBox):
         QComboBox.hidePopup(self)
         self.set_state()
 
+# }}}
 
-class EncodingComboBox(QComboBox):
+class EncodingComboBox(QComboBox): # {{{
     '''
     A combobox that holds text encodings support
     by Python. This is only populated with the most
@@ -709,8 +727,9 @@ class EncodingComboBox(QComboBox):
         for item in self.ENCODINGS:
             self.addItem(item)
 
+# }}}
 
-class PythonHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
+class PythonHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter): # {{{
 
     Rules = []
     Formats = {}
@@ -948,6 +967,9 @@ class PythonHighlighter(QSyntaxHighlighter):
         QSyntaxHighlighter.rehighlight(self)
         QApplication.restoreOverrideCursor()
 
+# }}}
+
+# Splitter {{{
 class SplitterHandle(QSplitterHandle):
 
     double_clicked = pyqtSignal(object)
@@ -1179,3 +1201,5 @@ class Splitter(QSplitter):
 
     # }}}
 
+# }}}
+