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7.2 B2 - New user menu, too much stuff in there
The user menu was now moved to the right and I just created a new user and authenticated. See attached image.
With earlier versions, we just removed the whole product menu for most of the users of our customers, but maybe we could use the new user menu.
The general point is: I usually need to disable most of these icons, because most of the users won't have access to them (I can disable private/public user pages, I guess, Profile and Dashboard vanish then).
1) Why do I have a Changelist/Production Icon on top? Bug?
2) My Changelists? The user does not have any edit permissions, why do I see that? Bug?
3) Notifications, Shared Assets: Possibly useful. Weird for others.
4) Workflow stuff: Useful/necessary for certain users. Should be invisible otherwise.
5) Account Settings: Well most of the users of my customers will never be able to edit their account details. Very often users are imported from Active directory or elsewhere and simply cannot change their name. So, I usually would need to hide this.
6) My connected applications. Another weird place. Nothing to see, nothing to do.
7) "My organisations" is weird too: I get an
My current impression is: Remove and replace as usual.
With earlier versions, we just removed the whole product menu for most of the users of our customers, but maybe we could use the new user menu.
The general point is: I usually need to disable most of these icons, because most of the users won't have access to them (I can disable private/public user pages, I guess, Profile and Dashboard vanish then).
1) Why do I have a Changelist/Production Icon on top? Bug?
2) My Changelists? The user does not have any edit permissions, why do I see that? Bug?
3) Notifications, Shared Assets: Possibly useful. Weird for others.
4) Workflow stuff: Useful/necessary for certain users. Should be invisible otherwise.
5) Account Settings: Well most of the users of my customers will never be able to edit their account details. Very often users are imported from Active directory or elsewhere and simply cannot change their name. So, I usually would need to hide this.
6) My connected applications. Another weird place. Nothing to see, nothing to do.
7) "My organisations" is weird too: I get an
Info:You do not belong to an organization and are not allowed to view other organizations.Why do I even see this point? Once I am member to an organization, or if it were actually possible to join one, it would make sense.
My current impression is: Remove and replace as usual.
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My personal issue with it (and we haven't done UAT on a beta LOL) ... Users won't get it, they won't get to click on the user icon ... plus it doesn't play well with mobile. The menu has been on the left, has always been on the left and is expected to be on the left. This isn't Liferay 8, it's a dot version of 7 !
Two main things with this menu
1) There's no accordion ... It's at max capacity now so there's no room for future use
2) It's terrible place for a menu, the F pattern in web usability puts the best place for menus down the left and across the top
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"Remove and replace as ususal"
Yup my theme for 7.0 has so many hides in it.
The trouble is and it's becoming more and more apparent. Liferay are disconnected from users. I think it's fair in Liferay 8 to push these changes, but to use the dot releases as an expereiment to get there?
Two main things with this menu
1) There's no accordion ... It's at max capacity now so there's no room for future use
2) It's terrible place for a menu, the F pattern in web usability puts the best place for menus down the left and across the top
---
"Remove and replace as ususal"
Yup my theme for 7.0 has so many hides in it.
The trouble is and it's becoming more and more apparent. Liferay are disconnected from users. I think it's fair in Liferay 8 to push these changes, but to use the dot releases as an expereiment to get there?