Minor Description
NoAction Layouts under desktop pipeline behave different from portal pipeline
The desktop allows you to still get into edit mode and change things, where as the portal locks it down but not based on security
The advantages and disadvantages to both
I do want to note that you can secure the page, and only allow certain users access to the actions
Whereas the portal solution requires you to edit PSML to change the decorator, the /desktop solution allows administrators a way out without editing PSML directly
Marking this as minor priority