new bug listing has pointless icons

[Martin Pool]

In <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bugs> which looks generally really good, there are icons repeated on every row for a box and cd for the product, and a clock for the last update and age, and person things next to the assignee and reporter.

I don't think these icons are earning their keep: they are more colorful and visually obtrusive than the actually interesting data, they occur on every row, and they don't help scan the listing.

[Matthew Revell (matthew.revell)]

I agree that we need to think about how we make up for having removed the bug column titles, which offer a very simple way to learn the context of the information you're reading.

Huw, Dan: let's talk about how to do that and whether the icons we're displaying now are conveying useful information or simply adding clutter.

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

one thing that I think I have seen in Huw's markups, or perhaps
elsewhere, is to put the actual value (eg the date) in bolder or
darker text than the labels, to give it some more visual texture.

[Curtis Hovey (sinzui)]

The clock is actually the milestone icon. Bug 408668 tracks the request for variations to indicate released and inactive milestones.

[Martin Pool (mbp)]

On 30 November 2011 00:35, Curtis Hovey <email address hidden> wrote:
> The clock is actually the milestone icon. Bug 408668 tracks the request
> for variations to indicate released and inactive milestones.

Does that mean it's a simple bug to show it against a time?

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Martin

[Dan Harrop-Griffiths (danhg)]

I'm going to be chatting to Huw about the display settings in Custom
Bug Listings in our catch-up tomorrow. If anyone would like notes,
ping me.

Dan

On 29 November 2011 19:01, Martin Pool <email address hidden> wrote:
> On 30 November 2011 00:35, Curtis Hovey <email address hidden> wrote:
>> The clock is actually the milestone icon. Bug 408668 tracks the request
>> for variations to indicate released and inactive milestones.
>
> Does that mean it's a simple bug to show it against a time?
>
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> Title:
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> Status in Launchpad itself:
>  Triaged
>
> Bug description:
>  In <https://bugs.launchpad.net/bzr/+bugs> which looks generally really
>  good, there are icons repeated on every row for a box and cd for the
>  product, and a clock for the last update and age, and person things
>  next to the assignee and reporter.
>
>  I don't think these icons are earning their keep: they are more
>  colorful and visually obtrusive than the actually interesting data,
>  they occur on every row, and they don't help scan the listing.
>
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[Deryck Hodge (deryck)]

Marking it LOW only because it's not something we can finish before beta ends; we're still waiting on product team to resolve what to use in place of the icons. This can be changed easily later, once we have something everyone likes.