[TYPO3-dev] Feature Request: Getting rid of TCA palettes

[Simon Tuck]

Franz Holzinger wrote:

> Maybe to you the IRRE feature is easy to understand, but not for most 
> normal users.
> Therefore a palette is needed to hide difficult options from normal users.

Can we agree to have this discussion without recourse to "normal users"? 
  I seriously doubt that either of us is an authority on "normal users"

> All important things shall be visible on the first palette already. You
> can limit your explanations to the first palette. This will be more easy 
> for them. They do not need to care about the more sophisticated fields.

I think you mean tabs. Tabs are not the issue here.

> Only the more enhanced users will see and modify the secondary options.
> If a user has so little knowledge about TYPO3, that he does not see the 
> 'secondary options', then he should better not use it at the moment. If 

You misunderstand me: It's about efficiency and ease of use, not skill. 
And anyway, it seems kind of ass-backwards to blame the end-users for 
the complexity of TYPO3.

> options' shall be moved to the top of the TCE page and also have a symbol.

Well it's not what I'm requesting, but it would be an improvement.

Obviously we'll just have to agree to disagree. Perhaps future versions 
of TYPO3 will have a more configurable backend and be able to accomodate 
both our views.

Best regards & a happy new year!
Simon