Wouldn't it then be better to give staff the opportunity to see the email address? A username of "tinyhorse" doesn't provide a staff member any valuable information and it would be better to see that Janet Mason is [email protected] and not [email protected]
I guess, staff sees the real name and username most of the time in Mahara, but not on the profile page where you would also expect it. Having a user's identification on a page that you see as staff member three times (display name, real name and username) is a bit too much I think. If all names should be present, at least the real name and username could be in a smaller font so that the focus is more directed to the page content and not to figuring out why three different or potentially very similar names are displayed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mahara Core, which is subscribed to Mahara. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/804609 Title: Staff should not see the username Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Opinion Bug description: Institution and site staff should only see the real name and the display name, but not the username, I think. They are not administering the institution. This should be reserved to institution and site admins. These see all three names: real, display, username. The behavior of what a site staff member can see is not consistent: On a user's profile page he only sees the display name, but in the online user sidebar he sees the real, display and username. The institution staff either only sees the display name or he also sees the real name (with the display name in parentheses). The latter option would be beneficial to sites with multiple institutions where an institution decides to only have the first name of their students as display names so that their privacy is protected from non- institution members. If the staff would still be seeing the real name, it would be easier for them to find their students. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/804609/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~mahara-core More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
