There is some PHP BB system that has something like this. I think it is PHPBB. At the bottom of the page, they state something such as: You *can* reply to topics in this forum You *cannot* post attachments in the forum ... Is this the direction that this is going to go in? While it is informative, from a usability perspective (in my opinion) that would be good, providing that you explain why you *cannot* perform an action. This raises the argument that the permission system (and where to display these permission for the end user) might become bulky and/or cluttered... Regards, Kobus
I think it is a good idea to have permission explained this way (it is much more case sensitive then what we have now with some help texts describing permissions). But if you would like to display this on the user page, it needs to have different wording, like:
You are able to create content of type foo.