+1 Can we please stop hiding "hidden documents" from searches? Right now it adds magic and complexity to admins trying to debug their systems and it could conceivably be a security issue since any user can create and hide a document. The concept of technical spaces sounds like a replacement.
Caleb On 08/02/2011 01:05 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > Hi devs, > > I'd like to propose 2 small changes that should make a huge difference for > our users. > > 1) Introduce the notion of technical spaces > > The idea is that in WebPreferences for a space we should have a boolean > property mentioning if the space is a technical space or not. > This will allow to: > * Remove the blacklistedspaces variable > * List only non technical spaces for simple users > > 2) Introduce the notion of Application spaces > > The idea is that in WebPreferences for a space we should have a boolean > property mentioning if the space is an application space or not. > This will allow to: > * Replace the Quick Links Panel with an Applications Panel listing all spaces > that are application spaces > * Only list Content spaces in the Spaces Gadget in the Dashboard > * Add the ability for extensions to declare new applications that > automatically appear in the Applications Panel > > I'd also like to suggest adding a global admin preferences to quickly select > all spaces that are application and/or technical spaces (imagine a list of > all spaces with 2 checkboxes for each space listed). This makes it very easy > for the admin to reconfigure what are application spaces (thus showing in the > app panel) and what spaces should be hidden for simple users. Of course > modifying these would modify the WebPreferences of the said spaces. > > In addition to make this autodiscoverable I'd suggest that for admins the > Application Panel should have a link to this admin feature. Something like > "Configure Applications...". > > WDYT? > > Thanks > -Vincent > > PS: I'm very excited about these 2 ideas since they're simple and IMO will > make XE much easier to use and understand for people starting to use it. > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
