Still no clarity on tracking permissions.
The description at the top says,
Allow: 1
Disable: 0
Deny: -1
You're complaining about the presentation of the page.
Rather than criticize how the a settings page looks convoluted to you, could you please draw an image/chart of what you think all the granular settings pages should look like, and attach it to your post here.
Maybe you have a better idea of how a single page, using only the bare minimum, with zero customizations, of 185 settings (37 items for a minimum of 5 user groups) can be displayed on a single page.
I'd really like to see your ideas. Please post the ideas you have for this page, as they could be extremely helpful to everyone.
Thanks!
edit:
Note that the permissions screens controls the permissions for each and all of your topic forums. Another controls the permissions for each and all of your user groups. The permissions system has been made is simple as it can possibly be made. The more forums and user groups you add, increases the complexity to your responsibility as a forum owner. Though, you only ever have to adjust permission settings during your initial forum creation, and when doing minor tweaks. These are not the type of settings which require constant changes.
There is also a permission screen for Global site features and one for granting access to each Control Panel features (for having multiple admins with different responsibilities, or allowing moderators to edit/not edit users...etc). The permissions system is extremely granular, allowing any forum owner to taylor their forum install very specifically to their needs. By dumbing it down any further, you'd also be removing features from the package.
Unless otherwise specified, the current settings are:
1 = Enable (Allow)
0 = Disable
And... Less common, and is used only in rare situations where normal account level hierarchy needs specific tuning:
-1 = Deny (Never Allow)
