Courses and Categories Lists Overview in 2.4

In 2.4 we have several different methods displaying list of categories/courses:

Front page

List of courses on front page

Setting:

Admin can see:

Student can see:

Not logged in user can see:

Note: student can see "Weekly course" (located in subcat1), but admin and not logged in can not (bug?)

Note: student can see remote courses in different format than local courses

Note: if isset($CFG->disablemycourses) student will see the same as guest

if the number of courses > FRONTPAGECOURSELIMIT (constant = 200), courses will not be displayed, just the course search form

List of categories on front page

Setting:

Admin can see:

Student can see:

Not logged in user can see the same as student because in my example student is enrolled in all courses

Combo list on front page

Setting:

Admin can see:

Student can see:

Not logged in user can see:

Note: looks like the most attractive format, BUT student can not see remote courses. And there is no functionality to show only remote courses

Summary

$CFG->maxnumcoursesincombo (default 500) is the maximum number of courses to print in combo form, otherwise the link is shown (for admin, students and guests, regardless on number of available/visible courses):