Hi Denis, On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:19 AM, Denis Gervalle wrote:
> Hi Vincent, > > Why are you proposing 2 booleans ? Is there non-technical application spaces > ? Here's an example: The Scheduler space: - it's a technical space (i.e. not shown to all users) - it's an application space (i.e. shown in the Application Panel for advanced users) A second example: The Blog space: - it's a non technical space (i.e. shown to all users) - it's an application space (i.e. shown to all in the Application Panel) Another example: The Sandbox space: - it's a non technical space (i.e. shown to all users) - it's not an application space (i.e. not shown in the Application Panel but shown in the Spaces list in the Dashboard - i.e. in the "Content" spaces list) > Maybe a static list for qualifying spaces would be better and more flexible, > WDYT ? > Or else, why not having a boolean for really hiding spaces, the true > replacement of blacklistedspaces (there could be non-technical spaces that > admin want to hide anyway) and maybe a static list for qualifying them if > you have identified this need? To do that you'd need two lists for hiding spaces: one for simple users and one for advanced users. That's because both categories of users don't necessarily match in term of needs. I'm fine to have 3 booleans for each space if you think we need to have this use case (i.e. ability to not show spaces for advanced users - I'm still unsure we want to do this though): - is an application space? - is hidden for simple users (replacing technical space idea)? - is hidden for advanced users? What do others think? Do we need the ability to hide spaces for advanced users? Thanks -Vincent > Your idea seams to me interesting but will probably fall short or be misused > on the long term... > > Denis > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 19:05, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> 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 >> > > > > -- > Denis Gervalle > SOFTEC sa - CEO > eGuilde sarl - CTO > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
