On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Justin Deoliveira <[email protected]>wrote:
> I agree with Andrea that i would be weary of complexity here, even if we
> do try to hide it from users. We took this approach with the authentication
> changes and imo it is not all that user friendly compared to other systems
> that offer similar authentication options.
>
> Unless you spend a lot of time designing the user interface up
> front undoubtedly development complexity will creep through. Case in point:
> currently the user needs to know what user group and role services are. For
> power users this may not be an issue, they probably like the flexibility,
> but for the average user it's confusing.
>
Agreed, make a workshop recently and people were confused by the many
options available (why are there multiple services, why are role services
separate, why is LDAP showing up in multiple places and so on): for a power
user it makes sense, but for the common one it's a maze to get lost in.
Cheers
Andrea
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