[Psi-devel] MY idea of a Privacy List dialog.

[Mircea Bardac]

I'll try to be very very short.

Note:
Taken into account that a rule can either block or allow, I will consider a 
toggle option (on=block, because they're called "PRIVACY lists")

Take Remko's Privacy Dialog:
http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~remko/psi/forums/privacy3.png

(I.M.=incoming message, I.Q.=incoming query, I.P.=incoming presence, 
O.P.=outgoing presence)
Replace the rules text list with a 2 columns list
+-------------------------+----------------------+
| Filter                  | Block                |
+-------------------------+----------------------+
| JID: spammers.com       | I.M., I.Q, I.P, O.P. |
| JID: myfried at uni.net    | -                    |
| Group: Uni              | I.Q, O.P             |
| Group: Hidden           | I.Q, I.P             |
| *: *                    | -                    |
+-------------------------+----------------------+

How to read:
1. I don't want to send/receive anything from spammers.com
2. I want to allow everything to/from myfriend at uni.net (university)
BUT
3. Block incoming queries and outgoing presence packets for the University 
group
4. Block incoming queries and incoming presence packets for the Hidden group
Note: last rule can be removed since it has no effect (if it stays for 
clarity, then it

Another option, more explicit:
+-------------------------+--------+----------------------+
| Filter                  | Action | Content              |
+-------------------------+--------+----------------------+
| JID: spammers.com       | Block  | I.M., I.Q, I.P, O.P. |
| JID: myfried at uni.net    | Allow  | *                    |
| Group: Uni              | Block  | I.Q, O.P             |
| Group: Hidden           | Allow  | I.Q, I.P             |
| *: *                    | Allow  | *                    |
+-------------------------+--------+----------------------+
This is a bit more difficult to gasp because of the "Action" column, but it 
makes more sense for the "allow" rules.

Notes for both designs:
1. "I.M etc" are just abbreviations in my design. They can be whatever:
a) icons (checkable or not)
b) text (please note the "incoming"/"outgoing" attibutes - words like 
"queries" and "messages" are not very clear considering that presence can be 
blocked both ways)

There can be an "Edit rule" button for the case when the icons are not 
checkable (or text is used). The "Edt rule" dialog would look just like 
Remko's but without the "Allow/Deny" dropdown (Remko already mentioned this). 
The checkboxes there could be added to a group...
+- Block ---------------+
| [ ] Incoming Messages |
| [ ] Incoming Queries  |
| [ ] Outgoing Presence |
| [ ] Incoming Presence |
+-----------------------+
Maybe the dialog should be renamed "Edit Privacy Rule" to sugest more that 
what you're clicking will be blocked.

Arguments against the roster representation with clickable icons:
1. I have a BIG roster (100+ contacts) - I'm not alone in this situation
2. I don't want to scroll for 100+ contacts just to create one tiny rule for 
one of them
3. I don't want to have my list separated on many tab pages (I'd like to see 
it just at a glance)

Well.. that's about it.
After this long talk, I believe privacy will look its best when it will be 
implemented in Psi :)


Mircea
/IceRAM

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Psi Forums Moderator/Bug Tracker Manager
Psi Windows Installer Maintainer/ArchLinux Package Maintainerer
http://mircea.bardac.net
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