53006 - 3 pane layout option

Status: NEW

(Bugzilla :: User Interface, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

This idea may seem way out there, but...

I was thinking about the bugzilla layout, and it looks like it could use a 
major overhall, I find myself using the back and forward buttons way to 
much, and needing to scroll up and down to get to where I want to go. So, 
I was thinking about giving users the option to use a 3 paine layout. (I'll 
attach a rough sketch soon). This layout would work like the mail-news 
layout, with the saved queries and links to the varrious pages on the right 
frame (I know we all hate frames, but this is an option, not the 
requirement), the buglist on the top frame, and a 'preview' that shows the 
full bug report on the bottom. You could click on a bug from the top paine 
to open a new window with the standard form.

This is clearly a low priority, but I think that it would make bugzilla easier to 
use, and eliminate the need for using the back and forward buttons so 
much.

Comment 1

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

I am soooooo dumb. Misspelled pane the whole way through. Oops. 
CCing timeless because he asked me to.

Comment 2

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

Attachment: GIF to show what I am thinking here.

Comment 3

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

I just attached a gif of what I think this could look like. My comments on 
possible things are in red.

Comment 4

[David Krause]

This is an interesting idea.  I would recommend combining this with timeless's
idea for an xul interface.  But we would still need to keep the standard basic
interface around for browsers that can't do xul or frames.

Comment 5

[Zach Lipton [:zach]]

For sure. I ment this as an option. One that you would turn on in the prefs 
screen. It could be up to the admins (via the params) as to weather they 
want the 3 pane or the standard to be the dafault (I think the standard 
should be the default so older browsers still work, but we could use 
brower detection...)

Comment 6

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

-> Bugzilla product

Comment 7

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

The User Interface component now belongs to Gerv.  Reassigning all UNCONFIRMED
and NEW (but not ASSIGNED) bugs currently owned by Myk (the previous component
owner) to Gerv.

Comment 8

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Reassigning back to Myk.  That stuff about Gerv taking over the User Interface
component turned out to be short-lived.  Please pardon our confusion, and I'm
very sorry about the spam.

Comment 9

[Myk Melez [:myk] [@mykmelez]]

This is now easier with templates, and I think it's an idea whose time has come.
 The XUL implementation is Bugxula (http://bugxula.mozdev.org/), but the HTML
implementation can be another format for the home page with frames that pull in
additional formats for the query, bug list, and show bug pages.

Bumping up priority and retargeting to 2.20.

Comment 10

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

Bugzilla 2.20 feature set is now frozen as of 15 Sept 2004.  Anything flagged
enhancement that hasn't already landed is being pushed out.  If this bug is
otherwise ready to land, we'll handle it on a case-by-case basis, please set the
blocking2.20 flag to '?' if you think it qualifies.

Comment 11

[Guy Pyrzak]

Attachment: Another idea for the 3 pane layout