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

[Tom McKay]

Yes, this is along the lines of what I had imagined. I'll sketch out some ideas during this sprint and see if I can get it added to the backlog.

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Malini Rao" <mrao at redhat.com>
> To: "Tom McKay" <thomasmckay at redhat.com>
> Cc: katello-devel at redhat.com, "Kyle Baker" <kybaker at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 4:33:57 PM
> Subject: Re: UX project: redesign of permissions interface
> 
> 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?
>