ScienceMesh: Show if a federated connection item is shared or recieved in "Federated connections"

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ScienceMesh: Show if a federated connection item is shared or recieved in "Federated connections" #11567

Open mmattel opened 2 months ago

mmattel commented 2 months ago

When creating a federation, both parties can see in their ScienceMesh screen the federated connections set up.

From the current layout, though one can see the host, it is hard to identify for an ordinary user if the item was shared or recieved.

Proposing to add the direction symbol at the beginning of the line item for ease of identification. The explanations are already on the top right.

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JammingBen commented 2 months ago

We don't get this kind of information from the server and I don't think we should. The item in that case is not an incoming or outgoing share, but a connection. Meaning the question "was it shared or received" is not applicable here. This separation does only exist in the list of actual shares (Shared with me/Shared by me).

mmattel commented 2 months ago

Valid argument, I was not aware of the technical background. But still it is hard for ordinary users to understand.

Alternatively, what about having a question mark symbol (tool tips) next beside

User: This is the user the federation is setup and with whom you can share resources.
Institution: This URL represents the instance of the trusted partner.

Having that, it is not code dependent but when clicking on it, one can get more detailed info about the meaning.

tbsbdr commented 2 months ago

my 2 cents - same as: https://github.com/owncloud/web/issues/11566#issuecomment-2346153579