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[François Marier <francois@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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     Assignee: (unassigned) => Evan Goldenberg (naveg)

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Ambigious AJAX link text
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/552939
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Status in Mahara ePortfolio: Fix Committed

Bug description:
The "Profile->View profile page" page contains an AJAX link that switches the profile visibility between public and logged-in users. There are a number of problems with this link.

1. The first problem is that it is ambiguous. The link looks like a title, telling the user the current state of the public access to the profile. It is not. It is actually a link telling the user what will happen if they click on the link. It is not obvious though, without some experimentation. That's the most serious of the flaws.

2. Since a profile page is like a default view for a user, this link ought to be replaced with a set of view privileges as is available for the non-default views. Why should the profile have just public/logged-in access rights, while the additional views have a very rich set of privileges that can be applied? It should be consistent IMO.

3. Lastly, what is this privilege-changing link doing on the "View profile page" page anyway. Should it not be on the page used to *Edit* the profile page?