On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 12:23 AM, Todd Zaki Warfel <li...@toddwarfel.com>wrote:
> > On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:40 PM, J. Ambrose Little wrote: > > What I'd really like to see is with every discounting of software that > other people have built (which happens a lot here, it seems), an offering of > an example in the same space (e.g., in this case, bug > tracking software) that exemplifies what you think is great (or at > least better) > > > I don't see it being that much better, visually, than Bugzilla, Mantis, or > Trac. > > Better: > Axosoft http://www.axosoft.com/ > Trac http://trac.edgewall.org/ > TrackIt http://www.numarasoftware.com/ctash.asp?src=google&trm=trackit > > Thanks, Todd. So you're judging on visual design style, correct? (I guess I didn't mention it but it begs the question that if you think something's better, to point out what. :) ) Anyways, Fogbugz has been around for a long time. It had some innovations that were, at least back then, pretty spot on in terms of better usability (e.g., simplifying/minimizing # of fields in general and that are required, one-owner workflow, which was controversial but really good, IMO, and being able to just email to log a bug, to name a few). Most software in this space was (is?) so bloated and tentacular that it becomes impossible for a mere mortal to use without training and regular head-bludgeoning. But I suppose this is a bit of a digression. My particular point here is maybe to get us to be more constructive in criticism and help each other learn from what we and others have *done*. Let's put some meat on the bones and maybe even some skin in the game. -a ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
