On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Thomas Mortagne
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Sure public website is an valid use case but it's way too far from
> being the main XWiki use case to justify using it as reference for UIX
> decisions IMO.

s/public website/public readonly website/

>
> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi Caty/All,
>>
>>> On 6 Jul 2017, at 13:00, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> The problem comes from the multiple Flavors.
>>> For example on Intranets, the content cannot be read by Anonymous, so the
>>> first think you need to do and see is the login page.
>>>
>>> What you are describing is problems with websites that have public
>>> documentation and where people log in, only when wanting to contribute.
>>>
>>> Having the Log-in visible or under an user menu, are both patterns that are
>>> recommended and we tried both.
>>
>> Indeed there are several use cases:
>>
>> 1) Public web sites that are read only (except for admins or a group of 
>> people maintaining it for example)
>> 2) Collaborative public web sites (want to promote registration/logging in) 
>> (e.g. xwiki.org)
>> 3) Intranets (also want to promote logging)
>>
>> The standard flavor is neutral and the simplest is probably to have either 
>> an Admin UI option to configure the location (technically it could be a UIX 
>> parameter that specifies where the login and/or register options are located 
>> - Or we could keep it as 2 UIX with an option to disable it).
>>
>> Now since XWiki by default is a wiki and thus about promoting collaboration, 
>> I’d make the icon visible by default and let admins of use case 1) the need 
>> to configure it in the Admin.
>>
>> WDYT?
>>
>> Thanks
>> -Vincent
>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Thomas Mortagne <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> in a use case like xwiki.org is really not great that users don't see
>>>> anymore that they can register.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Vincent Massol <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi devs,
>>>>>
>>>>> We’ve moved the register/login buttons inside the drawer. However one
>>>> consequence is that users don’t notice it anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>> I’d like this thread to be a brainstorming about what we could do about
>>>> it and whether you agree it’s an issue that we need to fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>> One idea could to reuse the Avatar image location to have some icon to
>>>> register/login when not logged in.
>>>>>
>>>>> WDYT?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> -Vincent
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thomas Mortagne
>>>>
>>
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