+1 for those 2 ideas as well. As discussed IRL earlier today, I also believe that those 2 ideas would benefit XWiki users a lot.
Guillaume On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Caleb James DeLisle < [email protected]> wrote: > +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 > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
