Files: Permissions UX is not great
Permissions for folders and files are over-exposed in Files' properties dialog.
- Chances are most people do not need to change or set permissions themselves for most of the files/folders they deal with.
- In single-user use cases a lot of these permissions, such as group and other users are not relevant to their case.
- Often the groups shown are not obvious (e.g.
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) without prior knowledge about why they exist. - The current dialog isn't very "human readable" it's a vague list of dropdowns without much explanation.
For changing enclosed files/folders permissions the UI here is unexpected, as it doesn't display the currently set permissions but what would be set if the user presses "Change", this grid of comboboxes as a layout leaves much to be desired as well.