Bugzilla 6 UX Roadmap

What can we do before the release of Bugzilla 6.0 in (August) 2018?

Global navigation

• UX analysis
• Implement compact, fixed header
• Remove footer
• Implement Requests quick look dropdown
• Improve sign-in experience
• Enhance search bar

Site-wide redesign

• Create & implement new style guide
• Implement responsive design (basic mobile support; more optimizations to follow)
• Add dark theme

Bug detail page

• UX analysis
• Implement 2-column layout
• Enable emoji support
  • Implement comment reactions with emoji
• Enable Markdown support
  • Implement Markdown editor (format toolbar) as seen in BzDeck
• Implement attachment overlay (drag & drop, multiple file support)
• Show images inline
• Use syntax highlighting for patches
• Implement "unread comments below" separator and auto-scroll using the bug_user_last_visit API method
• Implement handy tagging tool (that replaces keywords)

Search results page

• UX analysis
• Ajaxify results loader
• Ajaxify column customizability (use Web Storage API instead of cookies)
• Make table header fixed
• Implement filter (at least Status)
• Implement simple list for mobile as well as Detail View that can be switched from the traditional tabular List View (as seen in BzDeck, Buggy and JIRA)
• Reorganize alternate formats, saved search, etc. as a toolbar

Home page

• Experiment personalized inbox as seen in BzDeck (maybe using an old school <iframe> for the first round; more work in Bugzilla 7)

Misc.

• Reimplement Google Analytics on bugzilla.mozilla.org
• Modify product selector layout on Browse and Enter Bug pages
• Implement password generator or requirements checker
• Organize scattered documents/help on Uncyclo, Read the Docs, in-product pages
• Provide new favicon

Non-product stuff

• Develop UX brief, high-level plan
• Create blog
• Triage UI bugs on Bugzilla
• Design Bugzilla API v2