Bugzilla 6 Roadmap

What can we do before the release of Bugzilla 6.0 in late 2019?

Note: SHIPPED = available on bugzilla.mozilla.org, which will be the base of Bugzilla 6

Site-wide redesign

• [SHIPPED] Implement initial version of post-Sandstone theme including Dark Mode

Global navigation

• [DONE] UX analysis
• [SHIPPED] Implement compact, fixed header
• [SHIPPED] Remove footer
• [SHIPPED] Implement Requests quick look dropdown
• [UNDER REVIEW] Allow to instantly search recently visited bugs, keywords and components in the quick search bar
• Notify unread requests and mark them in the Requests dropdown
• Redesign mini login widget

Bug detail page

• [SHIPPED] Implement the "new changes since" indicator using the bug_user_last_visit API method
• [SHIPPED] Give feedback when the Copy Summary button is clicked
• [SHIPPED] Show image/text attachments inline
• Adjust modal bug page layout to introduce fixed header and 2-column layout
• Automatically scroll down to new changes/comments

Bug filing & editing

• [SHIPPED] Modify product selector layout on Browse and Enter Bug pages
• [SHIPPED] Show often/recently used products/components on New Bug page
• [SHIPPED] Insert form widgets for approval flag requests instead of free-form comment text
• [SHIPPED] Add Ctrl/Cmd+Enter keyboard shortcut to submit form
• [SHIPPED] Show number of review/feedback/needinfo in user autocomplete and prevent person from being added if requests are blocked
• [WIP] Improve flag UI by using buttons instead of dropdown list

Comment editing

• [SHIPPED] Enable emoji support
• [SHIPPED] Allow users in editbugs group to edit comments
• [SHIPPED] Enable Markdown support
• [WIP] Implement new Markdown editor widget with text formatting toolbar and keyboard shortcuts

File attaching

• [SHIPPED] Check attachment size client-side for too large files
• [SHIPPED] Support drag & drop and and copy & paste on the attachment uploader

Advanced Search page

• [SHIPPED] Reimplememt Custom Search UI on Advanced Search page

Search results page

• [DONE] UX analysis
• [WIP] Modernization
  • Ajaxify results loader
  • Ajaxify column customizability (use Web Storage API instead of cookies)
  • [WIP] Re-implement bug list navigation with local storage
• Enhancements
  • Provide a quick filter
    • Open, Closed, All
    • Time range (returning recent bugs by default, maybe 1 or 2 years?)
    • Bug type: defect, enhancement or task
  • Reorganize alternate formats, saved search, etc. as a toolbar
  • Make table header fixed
  • 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)
  • Highlight bugs with new changes/comments on search results
  • Implement bulk edit mode, which will replace the separate Change Several Bugs At Once page

Even more

• [SHIPPED] Reimplement Google Analytics on bugzilla.mozilla.org
• [SHIPPED] Implement one-click component watching
• Support user name other than email address
• Provide new favicon