diff -urp orginal/ftp.backend.inc plugin_manager/ftp.backend.inc
--- orginal/ftp.backend.inc	2008-12-15 21:09:29.000000000 +0100
+++ plugin_manager/ftp.backend.inc	2008-12-21 03:24:15.000000000 +0100
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ function ftp_plugin_manager_copy_library
   if (empty($ftp_path)) {
     foreach ($local_path AS $index => $value) {
       unset($local_path[$index]);
-      if (ftp_nlist($connect, implode('/', $local_path) .'/'. $dir)) {
+      // jenot: imo critical improvement, else it get mess on the screen
+      if (@ftp_nlist($connect, implode('/', $local_path) .'/'. $dir)) {
         $ftp_path = implode('/', $local_path) .'/'. $dir;
         drupal_set_message(t('A drupal install was automatically located on ftp at @ftp_path.', array('@ftp_path' => $ftp_path)));
         break;
@@ -126,6 +127,9 @@ function ftp_plugin_manager_copy_library
   else {
     $ftp_path = $ftp_path .'/'. $dir;
     if (!@ftp_chdir($connect, $ftp_path)) {
+    // simple jenots improvement ;p
+    // user is human...
+    // we can help and put link to change path, it is faster than searching where i must change path ? :P
       drupal_set_message(t('Your provided drupal install directory is invalid.') . l(t('Change it here.'), 'admin/plugin_manager/settings'),  'error');
       return FALSE;
     }
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ function ftp_plugin_manager_copy_library
 
   // If we couldn't guess it, then quit.
   if (!isset($ftp_path) || !@ftp_chdir($connect, $ftp_path)) {
-    drupal_set_message(t('Could not guess the ftp directory for drupal.'), 'error');
+    drupal_set_message(t('Could not guess the ftp directory for drupal.' . l(t('Set it here.'), 'admin/plugin_manager/settings')), 'error');
     return FALSE;
   }
 
diff -urp orginal/plugin_manager.admin.inc plugin_manager/plugin_manager.admin.inc
--- orginal/plugin_manager.admin.inc	2008-12-19 00:31:10.000000000 +0100
+++ plugin_manager/plugin_manager.admin.inc	2008-12-21 03:20:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -143,21 +143,28 @@ function plugin_manager_page_1() {
 function plugin_manager_page_2($form_state) {
   // On to page two.
   $queue_info = variable_get("plugin_manager_queue_info", array());
-
-  $link_attr['attributes']['target'] = 'blank';
-
-  // Make each one of the md5sum boxes.
+  
   foreach ($queue_info AS $name => $plugin) {
     $version = $form_state['storage'][1][$name .'_version'];
     $link = $plugin['release'][$version]['release_link'];
+
+    // simple jenot's hack
+    $handle = fopen($link, "rb");
+    // we are using php5 ;)
+    $md5sum = stream_get_contents($handle);
+    fclose($handle);
+    // get md5 sum from $md5sum
+    // hmm it is quite fast, but can be improved
+    $md5sum = explode("md5_file hash: ",$md5sum);
+    $md5sum = explode("</small><br />",$md5sum[1]);
+    $md5sum = $md5sum[0];
+
     $form[$name .'_md5sum'] = array(
-      '#title' => t('%plugin_title md5_file hash (copy/paste from above or <a href="!uri">available here</a>)', array('%plugin_title' => $plugin['title'], '!uri' => url($link, $link_attr))),
-      '#type' => 'textfield',
-      '#size' => 32,
-      '#prefix' => "<iframe src='$link' style='width:100%;height:260px;'></iframe>",
+      '#type' => 'hidden',
+      '#value' => $md5sum,
       '#required' => TRUE,
     );
-  }
+}
 
   // Put the continue button up.
   $form['submit'] = array(
diff -urp orginal/plugin_manager.module plugin_manager/plugin_manager.module
--- orginal/plugin_manager.module	2008-12-19 00:31:10.000000000 +0100
+++ plugin_manager/plugin_manager.module	2008-12-21 02:43:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -392,12 +392,12 @@ function plugin_manager_get_release_hist
 function plugin_manager_runnable() {
   // See if we have a way to untar the files.
   @include_once("Archive/Tar.php");
-  $handle = popen("tar --version", "r");
-  if (!fgets($handle) AND !class_exists("Archive_Tar")) {
+  $handle = @popen("tar --version", "r");
+  if (!@fgets($handle) AND !class_exists("Archive_Tar")) {
     drupal_set_message(t('The plugin manager cannot run because neither the tar executable nor the Archive/Tar package could be located.'), "error");
     return FALSE;
   }
-  pclose($handle);
+  @pclose($handle);
 
   // See if we have any available backends.
   $backends = plugin_manager_backends();