Re: [moregroupware-interface] Rights2 defaults?

[Ryan V. <xf...@co...>]

On 14/02/2004, at 12:51 PM, Alan James Salmoni wrote:
> ps - I have resent this email as I seem to have problems when I use my=20=

> ISP...

I replied to this (directly to yourself, though); did you get it?  I'll=20=

send it again, if not...

> Alan.
>
> ps - Ryan - would it be possible to have a look at the UI=20
> documentation you
> did before?

It is, again, it's pretty rough, but I'm in the middle of cleaning it=20
up; I'll be able to get it to you in the coming weeks, certainly. =20
Right now we're going through a whole heap of mgw-related things,=20
including documenting things and planning out timelines in sense of=20
development, and the UI is a major part of that.

Most of the current 'documentation' is scribbled diagrams and notes on=20=

pieces of paper, for example, so I can't send you what I have now=20
easily. :-)

R

> Ryan Verner wrote:
>
>> Howdy dev/interface,
>>
>> Something that really does need to be addressed ASAP is to create =
sane
> defaults for a User group at installation time (i.e. not Admin). =20
> Right now,
> installation involves creating a group, creating a user, then spending=20=

> ages
> clicking through individual rights and setting them correctly.
>>
>> Perhaps this strategy, in theory, forces users to create secure=20
>> policies,
> but in reality, people are either totally giving up on the project as=20=

> soon as
> they realize the work that needs to be done, or just blindly clicking=20=

> "Allow"
> to everything because they quite frankly can't be stuffed going=20
> through it
> all.
>>
>> Is this a responsibility of the -dev team, or of the -ui team?  What=20=

>> should
> the default group be called?  "Default" isn't a good choice, IMHO, as=20=

> most
> users will delete this group, create another, then realize that they=20=

> have to
> go through the whole Rights2 pain again (unless, of course, our=20
> defaults *do*
> apply to newly created Groups/Users, which seems even more sane).
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> R
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