> What do you mean by it is likely that this component is going away? Do > you mean that they won't work on these usability improvements after all? > If so, why? > > I can understand (or should I say, I have accepted the fact) that this > doesn't have high priority, but dropping it alltogether? I'm disappointed.
Work on usability and ui polish will definitely continue, but a UI design component in Bugzilla encourages bugzilla as a tool for discussing ui changes, which is what we actively *dis*courage. We would prefer such discussions happen in the newsgroups (or another, better suited forum) and then be brought over to the bug database once a decision has been reached. Also, a UI design component makes it too easy for bugs to be forgotten about, as it becomes something of a black hole. A better model for quick, non-contentious UI advice is keeping the bug assigned to an engineer and cc'ing strong UI folks for their two cents. Blake
