On Sunday, 29 May 2005 03:17, Uros Bizjak wrote: > > There is no problem that Bugzilla is un-intuitive, it is far from > that. The users don't fill bugreports because they are afraid of > filling an invalid report or a duplicate.
I strongly suspect you're mistaken about the reason. > Is perhaps some kind of anonymous account needed (as in Slashdot's > case) to encourage these users to fill bugreports? I think this is probably the real showstopper. I'll admit I haven't exactly made a scientific survey here, but I suspect a lot of people give up when they see the login form. Whenever I see something like "we need a valid email address" on a corporate web site, I always take it for granted that it's because they want to spam me. If I really need the information behind the login wall, I set up a throwaway address or use www.bugmenot.com. Of course I'm not accusing the FSF of being spammers, but you can't expect the casual user of GCC who isn't aware of its background to know that. I'd bet that this is the real reason so few people file bug reports. As soon as they see the demand for an email address, alarm bells start going off in their minds, and they go away. (If the email request was on the bug report form itself instead of a login, and was _optional_, probably more people would be willing to fill it in.) -- Ross Smith ........ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ........ Auckland, New Zealand "Plausible rockets are rare. Plausible space travel is rare. Most SF authors could not calculate a mass ratio if you put them in a sunken pit filled with ravenous sliderules." -- James Nicoll
