liveheader recording doesn't work with dynamic content, it commonly fails just look at the reconnection sub forum. Most commonly fails due to forms containing dynamic data which gets recorded by the script in a static manner. So you still need function to find forms and construct request which is exactly what our plugins do now just in Java. Plugins are not hard to write with simple programming knowledge (no more difficult than live header + addition steps required for the fore mentioned reason above).
If the community contributed to the project at a higher level (I mean how hard is it?), this wouldn't be an issue. To give this perspective, currently there are maybe 4 developers outside of Appwork that make and maintain 99% of those plugins, and I'm one of those or have been. If you look at contributions (OpenHub, formally Ohloh) in the last 12 months there has been a steady decline.
Projects like JDownloader require many man hours in order to maintain the sheer volume of plugins. But maybe if we only support just a small portion of of sites, say the most popular, problem solvered? *grins*
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