[Phpgroupware-tracker] [bug #5328] preferences usability issues

[nobody]

=================== BUG #5328: LATEST MODIFICATIONS ==================
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=5328&group_id=509

Changes by: Dave Hall <address@hidden>
Date: Tue 09/16/03 at 15:45 (Australia/Melbourne)

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         Assigned to | None                      | skwashd


------------------ Additional Follow-up Comments ----------------------------
1 There are 2 possibilities for solving this one:

 * array_merge() the 2 sets of values - quickest to implement

 * any sysadmin could be unset() in the app defaults array 

Any "preference"? :)



2 I agree about the template set name.  Maybe a name like "basic" or "simple" 
would be more accurate.  At the same time I think we should keep the current 
*/template/default dirs, just not display them in the available set.  This 
involves little work a couple of minor changes and then the "default" dir a 
real fallback default directory, which will still function as it does now.  I 
will propose this on the dev list for further discussion.  I don't think this 
can be changed in 16, but should be done in HEAD and available in the next 
major release, because of the impact of it.



Cheers



=================== BUG #5328: FULL BUG SNAPSHOT ===================


Submitted by: totschnig               Project: phpGroupWare                 
Submitted on: Tue 09/16/03 at 12:32
Category:  API - Preferences          Bug Group:  0.9.16RC1                 
Severity:  2                          Priority:  None                       
Resolution:  None                     Assigned to:  skwashd                 
Status:  Open                         Component Version:  None              
Platform Version:  None               Reproducibility:  None                

Summary:  preferences usability issues

Original Submission:  1) When an administrator sets default values in 
preferences, it is probably because he thinks these values will automatically 
be valid for new users. But this is not the case, since phpgroupware sets its 
own default values (in function verify_basic_settings) for new users that have 
not set there preferences which overide the default values the administrator 
provided.

2) In Preferences -> Change your settings -> Interface/Template selection the 
coexistence between the option "Use default" (the administrator set value) and 
"default" (the template set which is so called) is confusing . It would be 
better to rename the "default" template set.

Follow-up Comments
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Date: Tue 09/16/03 at 15:45         By: skwashd
1 There are 2 possibilities for solving this one:

 * array_merge() the 2 sets of values - quickest to implement

 * any sysadmin could be unset() in the app defaults array 

Any "preference"? :)



2 I agree about the template set name.  Maybe a name like "basic" or "simple" 
would be more accurate.  At the same time I think we should keep the current 
*/template/default dirs, just not display them in the available set.  This 
involves little work a couple of minor changes and then the "default" dir a 
real fallback default directory, which will still function as it does now.  I 
will propose this on the dev list for further discussion.  I don't think this 
can be changed in 16, but should be done in HEAD and available in the next 
major release, because of the impact of it.



Cheers


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