Blake Ross wrote: > > > 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)
"Another, better suited forum"? That sounds like AOL-speak for "internal, unilateral AOL decisions". What exactly do you mean by that Mr. Ross? What better forum for discussions distributed across the globe is there than a newsgroup? > 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. > Ah, I see, and *ignoring* the unwashed throng in the newsgroups. > Blake
