[TYPO3-workspace] "LIVE workspace" tab functionality

[Zachary Davis]

Because our clients are complaining about the issues Gabe describes, 
we're motivated to get them resolved. If we can identify the desired 
behavior, CIC can devote some time to solving issues and submitting 
patches to Git/Gerrit.

Zach



Gabe Blair wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> First off, the new workspaces extension is great - so far improved leaps
> and bounds over the old system, as far as I'm concerned. Thanks for
> sharing your time and talents with us all in the form of this project.
>
> There are some behaviors of the module that, I've found, can be somewhat
> confusing for users, and I figured I'd run these things by you all to
> see if I can get some insight. Say a user creates a versioned record,
> and subsequently publishes it to the LIVE workspace. In the "LIVE
> workspace" tab of the Workspaces module, they then see the following:
>
> * A list of all existing versions of their record.
>
> I think I understand the utility here - the user may theoretically want
> to revert to an older version of their record at any time. However,
> might it make sense to provide clean-up this list over time, based on
> some conf setting, to remove versions that are over a certain age?
> and/or perhaps to provide a conf setting for having the non-LIVE version
> removed from the database after swap?
>
> * Indication that each item is currently in the "Editing" stage
>
> This is confusing, as the term "Editing" doesn't very well describe the
> state of a version that has been replaced, and is ostensibly only still
> present as a record of history and to preserve the potential to revert,
> if necessary. Would it make sense to place a system stage of "Replaced"
> or something like that on records in this state?
>
> * A trash can icon ("Discard this version from workspace") that does not
> work.
>
> I think there's a bug report for this one -
> http://forge.typo3.org/issues/17065).
>
> * "Publish to LIVE" and "Send to stage..." options in the "choose
> Action" selector at the bottom of the grid
>
> Again confusing, due to the record being in more of a "replaced" state
> than actually "Editing." And of course, the records in the "LIVE
> workspace" tab already belong to the LIVE workspace. Would it make sense
> to hide (or rename) these options in the "choose Action" box, when in
> the "LIVE workspace" tab?
>
>  From the way I've seen clients react to the new workspace module, it
> seems like the "LIVE workspace" tab is the most confusing point in the
> UI, and does make for a general uncertainty when first using the module.
> Generally, I think the system could be greatly improved by a few minor
> changes, if the development team agree.
>
> I'm relatively new to contributing input like this, so please forgive me
> if I strike an unusual tone.
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Gabe Blair
>
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