diff --git a/plugins/update-check.user.js b/plugins/update-check.user.js
index 29ea1a3a..f58cc1f3 100644
--- a/plugins/update-check.user.js
+++ b/plugins/update-check.user.js
@@ -71,15 +71,19 @@ window.plugin.updateCheck.versionDataCallback = function(data) {
     s.parentNode.removeChild(s);
   }
 
-  dialog({
-    text: JSON.stringify(data,null,2),
-    title: 'debug version check',
-    width: 700
-  });
-
   window.plugin.updateCheck.showReport(data);
 }
 
+window.plugin.updateCheck.versionHTML = function(ver) {
+  var re = new RegExp ('^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)(\\.2[0-9][0-9][0-9][01][0-9][0123][0-9]\\.[0-9]+)$');
+  var match = ver.match(re);
+  if (match) {
+    return match[1]+'<small>'+match[2]+'</small>';
+  } else {
+    return ver;
+  }
+}
+
 window.plugin.updateCheck.compareDetails = function(web_version, script_version) {
   // compare the local script version data with the website version data
   // and return an object with the results
@@ -101,9 +105,27 @@ window.plugin.updateCheck.compareDetails = function(web_version, script_version)
 
   }
 
+  var webVerHTML = result.webVersion && window.plugin.updateCheck.versionHTML(result.webVersion);
+  var localVerHTML = result.localVersion && window.plugin.updateCheck.versionHTML(result.localVersion);
+  var webLinkInstallHTML = '';
+  if (result.downloadUrl && result.webUrl) {
+    webLinkInstallHTML = '<a href="'+result.webUrl+'" title="Web page" target="_blank">web</a> '
+                       + '<a href="'+result.downloadUrl+'" title="Install" target="_blank">install</a>';
+  }
+
   if (!result.localVersion) {
-    
+    result.html = '<span class="help" title="Your version unknown\nLatest version '+webVerHTML+'">version check failed</span> '+webLinkInstallHTML;
   } else if (!result.webVersion) {
+    result.html = '<span class="help" title="Your version '+localVerHTML+'\nNo version from update check server">version check failed</span>';
+  } else if (result.upToDate) {
+    result.html = '<span class="help" title="Version '+localVerHTML+'">up to date</span>';
+  } else if (result.outOfDate) {
+    result.html = '<span class="help" title="Your version '+localVerHTML+'\nLatest version '+webVerHTML+'">out of date</span> '+webLinkInstallHTML;
+  } else if (result.localNewer) {
+    result.html = localVerHTML+' is newer than '+webVerHTML+'(?!)';
+  } else {
+    console.warn ('Unknown case of version combinations!');
+    result.html = '<span class="help" title="Your version '+localVerHTML+'\nLatest version '+webVerHTML+'">version check failed(!?)</span>';
   }
 
   return result;
@@ -111,7 +133,7 @@ window.plugin.updateCheck.compareDetails = function(web_version, script_version)
 
 
 window.plugin.updateCheck.showReport = function(data) {
-  var result = '<b>WORK IN PROGRESS - NOT YET FUNCTIONAL</b>';
+  var result = '<b>WORK IN PROGRESS</b>';
 
   if (data.error) {
     result += '<div><b>Error checking for updates</b><br>'+data.error+'</div>';
@@ -121,10 +143,8 @@ window.plugin.updateCheck.showReport = function(data) {
     }
 
     if (data.iitc && window.script_info) {
-
       var compare = window.plugin.updateCheck.compareDetails(data.iitc, window.script_info);
-
-      result += '<div>IITC Main script: '+JSON.stringify(compare)+'</div>';
+      result += '<div>IITC Main script: '+compare.html+'</div>';
 
     } else {
       if (!data.iitc) {
@@ -135,11 +155,38 @@ window.plugin.updateCheck.showReport = function(data) {
       }
     }
 
+    if (data.plugins && window.bootPlugins) {
+      result += '<div>Plugins:<ul>';
+
+      if (window.bootPlugins.length == 0) {
+        result += '<li>No plugins installed</li>';
+      } else {
+        for (var i=0; i<window.bootPlugins.length; i++) {
+          var info = window.bootPlugins[i].info;
+          var name = info.script && info.script.name || info.pluginId || ('(unknown plugin index '+i+')');
+          name = name.replace ( /^IITC plugin: /i, '' );
+          if (info && info.pluginId) {
+
+            var webinfo = data.plugins[info.pluginId];
+            if (webinfo) {
+              var compare = window.plugin.updateCheck.compareDetails(webinfo,info);
+              result += '<li>'+name+': '+compare.html+'</li>';
+            } else {
+              result += '<li>'+name+': no version data on server(!?)</li>';
+            }
+          } else {
+            result += '<li>'+name+': non-standard plugin - cannot check version</li>';
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      result += '</ul></div>';
+    }
 
   }
 
   dialog({
-    width: 500,
+    width: 700,
     title: 'Update check',
     html: result
   });
diff --git a/website/versioncheck.php b/website/versioncheck.php
index 479d371c..35e24574 100644
--- a/website/versioncheck.php
+++ b/website/versioncheck.php
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ else
 
 
 $data = json_encode ( $response );
-$data = indent($data);
 
 
 # send the response - allow either jsonp (using a 'callback' parameter), or regular json
@@ -106,63 +105,3 @@ else
 }
 
 
-// http://www.daveperrett.com/articles/2008/03/11/format-json-with-php/
-/**
- * Indents a flat JSON string to make it more human-readable.
- *
- * @param string $json The original JSON string to process.
- *
- * @return string Indented version of the original JSON string.
- */
-function indent($json) {
-
-    $result      = '';
-    $pos         = 0;
-    $strLen      = strlen($json);
-    $indentStr   = '  ';
-    $newLine     = "\n";
-    $prevChar    = '';
-    $outOfQuotes = true;
-
-    for ($i=0; $i<=$strLen; $i++) {
-
-        // Grab the next character in the string.
-        $char = substr($json, $i, 1);
-
-        // Are we inside a quoted string?
-        if ($char == '"' && $prevChar != '\\') {
-            $outOfQuotes = !$outOfQuotes;
-
-        // If this character is the end of an element,
-        // output a new line and indent the next line.
-        } else if(($char == '}' || $char == ']') && $outOfQuotes) {
-            $result .= $newLine;
-            $pos --;
-            for ($j=0; $j<$pos; $j++) {
-                $result .= $indentStr;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // Add the character to the result string.
-        $result .= $char;
-
-        // If the last character was the beginning of an element,
-        // output a new line and indent the next line.
-        if (($char == ',' || $char == '{' || $char == '[') && $outOfQuotes) {
-            $result .= $newLine;
-            if ($char == '{' || $char == '[') {
-                $pos ++;
-            }
-
-            for ($j = 0; $j < $pos; $j++) {
-                $result .= $indentStr;
-            }
-        }
-
-        $prevChar = $char;
-    }
-
-    return $result;
-}
-
-?>