Bugzilla 6 Roadmap

What can we do before the release of Bugzilla 6.0 in late 2018?

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

Site-wide redesign

• Create & implement new style guide
• Add dark theme

Global navigation

• [SHIPPED] UX analysis
• [SHIPPED] Implement compact, fixed header
• [SHIPPED] Remove footer
• [SHIPPED] Implement Requests quick look dropdown
• [IN 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
• [WIP] Show image/text attachments inline

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
• [IN REVIEW] 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
• [DOGFOODING] Allow users in editbugs group to edit comments
• [WIP] Enable Markdown support
• Implement text formatting toolbar for comment field

File attaching

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

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