Hi, On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Ecaterina Valica <valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote: +1 I would say the same. +1 for the modes update. I would also add that User mode should not have the "WIKI: xwiki" if this is a single instance (most of the time) because that is just confusing.

Hi Caty, sorry for the delay answering, I got reminded of this email while working on something else and thought I'll give my 2 cents as well. On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 08:47, Ecaterina Valica <valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote: I think Simple/Advanced was a good first step but that it doesn't match actual use of XWiki closely enough. The distinction in 3 tiers (User/Admin/Developer) sounds better to me in this regard. B. Another idea is to change "Simple"/"Advanced" mode into After thinking a bit about it, I think this would be the best option. I think the distinction should be as follows : - User: as little options as possible (maybe even less than right now -> what's the point of letting users do a page XAR export when they can't import it or view page source when they're sent straight to WYSIWYG edition?) - Admin: a bit more choice (wiki/WYSIWYG/XAR export) and access to wiki / space admin and page access rights - Developer: everything Obs1. The problem with menus is that they don't rely only on these modes, You're right about this, but I don't think those are incompatible. You can say that delete / rename should be displayed to User unless they don't have the right to do those actions. Obs2. The ideal way for this topic would be to let administrators decide Having 3 modes with standard values would be a great start. We can always see about making this configurable later. I also agree with Thibaut on making the top line more understandable, especially in single-wiki mode or when the user isn't expected to know that her wiki is part of a farm -> we should find a way to make the "wiki" menu easier to understand. Thanks,