#3930: Usability of changing permissions in Info panel
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Reporter: michael@… | Owner: dkocher
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: 3.6
Component: interface | Version: 3.3
Severity: normal | Keywords:
Platform: Mac OS X 10.6 | Arch: Intel
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Changes (by dkocher):
* status: new => assigned
* platform: => Mac OS X 10.6
* arch: => Intel
* milestone: => 3.6
Comment:
Replying to [ticket:3930 michael@…]:
> Hi, just a couple of bugbears regarding your latest version.
>
> 1. The 'info' panel has been modified such that the permissions
information is now on a separate tab, requiring an extra click to see the
information. Small thing I know, but for someone working with your program
all day it means constant clicking back and forth between tabs to see the
'general' and 'permissions' information - each one doesn't have that much
information, why not leave them on the same tab?
We will additionally have ACL settings in the permission tab for
[milestone:3.6 3.6].
>
> 2. Modifying permissions - the apply button has been removed and now it
automatically populates permissions information on a per click basis.
This makes updating permissions for multiple items a serious pain, as
every time you click a checkbox it runs through the whole list and makes
the change, before you can check another one! Obviously is worse the
longer the list of files / folders you are changing permissions for... not
sure why this is a better way of doing it ??
We will revert to a push button to apply permissions recursivly.
>
> 3. Bug - updating the permissions doesn't update the value listed in the
'permissions' column in the file window - one has to click the refresh
button to see the new permissions listed. Again, this is a change / bug as
it previously worked fine.
Refreshing the directory listing might be time consuming and therefore has
to be refreshed manually.
>
> I've been using your program for many years now and have always vouched
for it, unfortunately these few changes you've made have really baffled me
as they seem enormously counter-productive!
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