[katello-devel] UX project: redesign of permissions interface

[Malini Rao]

Tom,

I haven't explored how the Roles UI works in Katello but I worked on some designs for a similar usecase on Aeolus/ Conductor. See attached. This was an initial idea that was well-liked but not sure if it was finally scoped in or not ( This was a long time ago). But I think it definitely points at one of the use cases that you are talking about in some form. We can come up with some proposals if it is something that is a candidate for one of the upcoming sprints.

Thanks
Malini 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom McKay" <thomasmckay at redhat.com>
To: "Malini Rao" <mrao at redhat.com>, "Kyle Baker" <kybaker at redhat.com>
Cc: katello-devel at redhat.com
Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 4:17:32 PM
Subject: UX project: redesign of permissions interface


Although the current permissions interface for adding to a role is well crafted, I continually find that it is very difficult to use for my primary two use cases: Seeing what permissions a role has, and setting up the permissions for a new role. Yes, these are probably the two most primary use cases. :)

I keep wishing for some sort of spreadsheet or table view where, at a glance, I can both see and modify the permissions with checkbox toggles. Maybe it's not a single table, but multiple small tables. I'm sure some UX magic can be applied to this notion.

Would it be possible to get some thoughts on this? 
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