Index for /security/

[cesy]

Title:
Index for /security/

Area:
entries

Summary:
Add an index page for /security/

Description:
You can go to http://exampleusername.dreamwidth.org/security/friends to view just the access-only entries that person has made, or http://exampleusername.dreamwidth.org/security/group:ExampleCustomGroup similarly, or http://exampleusername.dreamwidth.org/security/public. Could a page be added to http://exampleusername.dreamwidth.org/security/ with a list of these, rather than the current 404 error?

Poll #875

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 35

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Should be implemented as-is.
14 (40.0%)

Should be implemented with changes.
21 (60.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[yvi]

I had no idea that was even possible. Interesting!

A list of these might be problematic for security reasons (though maybe even the current system is)? You normally don't know which Custom Groups you are on and shouldn't be able to determine when you are removed from one group, in my opinion. But something else than a 404 error would be very good.

[(Anonymous)]

(I'm in an internet cafe so not going to sign in, but it's Cesy.)

I see what you mean about security - I had been assuming it was only visible to the journal owner, but I don't know if any of those pages work on other people's journals as well. Either way, what's possible should be made clear, instead of a 404 error, and if it is currently showing too much to other people, then that would also need changing.

[afuna]

I think I'd like:
/security/public
/security/access for everyone on your access list.

And only for yourself:
/security/group:ExampleCustomGroup (either a list of groups or an example of the syntax)
/security/private

[inarticulate]

This.

[ciaan]

Yeah.

(And I also didn't know about this feature! Neato.)

[snakeling]

+1 (Also, I never knew that! I use a tag that I apply to filtered posts, but that's so much easier!)

[althea_valara]

This sounds good.

[ratcreature]

I wouldn't want everyone to be able to see my groups, but it would be nice if I had a navigation page to find these things myself. I had no idea that filtering my entries by security level was available.

[melannen]

I like this idea. But yes: the "friends" usage needs to be stripped out, and you should only be able to see groups you're in, and it should be documented better so people know it's there!

(I didn't know, either. That'll be quite useful with catching up.)

[highlander_ii]

Are we missing the equiv to the 'filter friends' page from LJ? (aka: http://exampleusername.livejournal.com/friends/filter.bml) I know we don't have reading filters yet, but is there a reason we don't have a page for reading by 'access filter' if one wanted to?

This is a feature I use on LJ a lot for organizing my f'list, and I know it was 'broken' when DW split the access/read 'stuff', so maybe it's 'coming soon'?

Just my thinky thoughts - totally love the idea b/c it's something I already use else-web. =)

[pauamma]

I think Mark has been working on reading filters.

[highlander_ii]

I know he is, but I wasn't sure if we were going to have the option to 'read by access filter' as a separate .bml page. (which is what I was, in some way, also trying to say in my previous comment, but some of it got lost in translation from brain to keyboard - go me!)

[cesy]

If it's still broken, I'd suggest submitting it as a separate suggestion to fix it.

[highlander_ii]

I know they're already working on 'reading filters' - it's one of the things, I think, Mark's been working on, but it's complicated b/c of the 'split'.

I was just thinking that we should still be able to read by 'access filter' - though I'm not sure how useful that is.

[pauamma]

Like others, I wouldn't want a complete list. (No one needs to know I have a group called "that jerk exampleuser".)

[cesy]

I was imagining that the list of custom groups would only be visible to you.

[msilverstar]

a /security/ landing page would be a very fine thing.

[trinity_clare]

Are these pages viewable by all users or just the journal owner? Because if viewable by all users, only the public access groups should be visible.

[cesy]

I don't actually know for sure, but I was imagining it would deal with the security sensibly (i.e. only showing what you're allowed to view).