Comment 8 for bug 298152

On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 15:52 +0000, Jane Silber wrote:
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> Yes, I agree that the portlet exists. And if you look for it, you
> easily find it. But when you are working on lots of bugs on both public
> and private projects, it is easy to overlook. Particularly when you are
> adding a comment to an existing bug, and the portlet has scrolled off
> the screen. It continues to be very very easy to mistake public and
> private bugs, and to comment on a public bug as if it were private.
...

There are NO private projects in Launchpad. That feature is proposed for
4.x.

I think there are two issues here. One, the pubic private box is not
very visible, and it can scroll out of view when you are doing something
like commenting at the bottom of the page. Few users know that all
projects private (even Canonical employees).

> My original request was requesting something much more dramatic than the
> subtle portlet. I was thinking of a different coloured background, a
> large "private" watermark across the background, or something like that.
> The portlet serves only as information if you are seeking it. I was
> looking for something that served as information/reminder even when you
> aren't seeking it.

I think you are asking for the private background that Launchpad 1.0
used to show that all information about the page was private.

Let's make privacy a ubiquitous color/background so that any fragment of
the page is clearly private. Make that a 4.0 requirement. We can
implement it early. Actually, Martin has not clearly defined that for
3.0 UI. Make this a 3.0 requirement that we can fix in July/August.

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