Re: comment on templates

[Luis Villa <luis villa gmail com>]

On 10/4/05, Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 07:17:31PM -0400, Luis Villa wrote:
> > I'm considering sucking the current b-t.g.o templates into my work
> > bugzilla (which is totally stock, look and feelwise, which...
> > suckkks.) So I took a look at the current stuff for the first time in
> > a while. Some comments:
>
> Note that some template stuff depends on changes I made to Bugzilla,
> just do a:
>  cvs-update-magic/update-from-mozilla-bugzilla-cvs.sh diff
> on a checked out bugzilla-newer to see the differences

I figured.

> > * 'Bugzilla Bug ####' in the topic is probably redundant- you've got
> > Bugzilla in big type in the upper right, so maybe just drop Bugzilla
> > there, making it 'Bug ####'?
>
> Feel free to commit ;)

Sure.

> > * I'm a little unsure about highlighting the first comment like that-
> > I guess it does reinforce the desire to make the first comment useful,
> > but if a bug evolves, that first glance is going to be misleading. I'd
> > much rather highlight the (editable later) subject, like we do in the
> > current templates.
>
> Hey, it looks nice! Well.. if you are using Mozilla based browser
> (somehow that first comment does not as good in Opera and terrible in
> IE.. ).

I think it *looks* great. I just think it draw the eye to the wrong
thing- i.e., i'd like the styling you give to the first comment
applied to the subject instead. I have a really crappy mockup if I'm
still unclear :)

> PS: I used CSS to change the background color of the form field that has
> focus.. With dropdown fields this triggers some bug in Mozilla (try to
> change Version, it is annoying). Have to remove that :(

I saw that. :/

> > * similarly, I like the big, bold resolution information in the
> > current layout, though I admit that that could be more familiarity
> > than anything else. /me thinks... I think maybe with an *open* bug,
> > the best thing to highlight in that way is to put the priority there
> > (and maybe whether or not it has an unreviewed patch?); otherwise,
> > highlight the resolution/status.
>
> Not sure what part you mean.. you mean the 'Resolved: FIXED" in
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163163? It is still shown,
> just didn't know what to do with it (layout).

Right; I was suggesting layout :)

> I want the resolution info to be at the top of the topright box (with
> the Opened, Product, Component, etc)

Yeah, date filed isn't terribly useful as the first item. Maybe the
order should be:

status
resolution
product
component
opened
version

> Maybe different background + span
> both columns + be in the center.
>
> > * highlighting 'show' in the header doesn't really make sense, since
> > clicking on it does... basically nothing. I assume the missing stuff
>
> I did that to ensure you know where you are. Also, this is the same as
> the current bugzilla (Bugzilla being bolded).

Right, but bugzilla being bolded at least takes you someplace useful
(or minimally useful); the front page. show_bug.cgi is basically
pretty useless.

> > from my admin footer (params, edit*) etc. being missing are a known
> > issue.
>
> Nope, done on purpose :)
> See Account and Admin at the top. I think those massive list of links
> suck. Ok, when you do want to give somebody editbugs this is annoying,
> but I like the simpler page.

Ah. That's cool.

Thanks again for all this work, dude- it's going to rock when it is deployed.
Luis