>On Apr 22, 2010, at 5:03 PM, John Reynolds wrote:
>
>>  When logged in as a user, the web interface has a reduce tab set 
>>(expected and normal).
>>
>>  When the "directory" tab is selected, all tabs are shown. This is 
>>not what happens when the other tabs are selected (only the reduced 
>>set is shown). Is this a known behavior, or is this something that 
>>should be corrected?
>
>John,
>
>Yes, this is expected.  Since the Directory tab has no 
>authentication, there is no way to tell who the 'user' is, since 
>there is no user without authentication.
>
>A thought was to optionally add authentication to the Directory tab 
>to overcome this, but that greatly reduces the usefulness of the 
>Directory tab.

I would also vote for authentication for the Directory tab. Because 
the confusion it causes to customers (showing all tabs) is bigger, 
than the benefit it brings. And it would make the GUI more consistent.

Just my 2 ct.

>Lonnie
>
>>  From the "directory" tab, where all tabs are shown, if a tab is 
>>selected that is not part of the reduced user set, then the error 
>>message about permissions is shown (expected).
>  >
>>  ... FYI
>>
>  > John R.

Michael

http://www.mksolutions.info

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