Re: [Usability] File Permission User Interface: Feedback Requested

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Christian Neumair <chris gnome-de org> wrote:

> Dear usability list,
> 
> I'd appreciate if some of you could comment on the
> permissions user
> interface proposed under [1].
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> [1]
> http://blogs.gnome.org/view/cneumair/2006/03/06/0

Looks good.

But I wonder: could this be another instance where
programmer logic is the reverse of user logic?

The interface has inherited this from the command
line, but does the user think:
"What do I want my rights to be? What do I want the
group's rights to be? What do I want everybody's
rights to be?"

Or does the user think:
"Who can read? Who can read and write? Who can
execute?"

That approach would give us:

Read access: [drop-down: me / group / everyone]
Read and write: [same drop-down]
Execute this file as application: [same again]


		
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