Bugzilla:Pretty Contest Results

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

	So, all the votes are in for the "Make Bugzilla Pretty" contest, and we
do have a winner.

	First off, let me say that every single entry was amazing. Every single
person who entered had innovative ideas, and every entry was in some way
better than our current UI.

	There were four candidates who were mentioned in some positive way by
almost every voter:

	Long Duong
	Jonathan Wilde
	Alex Faaborg
	Zeeshan Syed

	Any of these designers would be a worthwhile addition to any UX team
anywhere. Simply the ability to take Bugzilla's existing UI and turn it
into something that nearly everybody finds *attractive* is an
accomplishment that few designers could achieve. In the 13 years of
Bugzilla's history, nobody has done it before these entries. I would be
personally happy to write a recommendation for any of the above
designers, and they may contact me for that if they wish.

	There were a ton of positive comments on the usability aspects and
organization of Alex Faaborg's [Bracket] theme, particularly some of the
new fields suggested and the brilliant use of color to improve the
scanability of the page:

	http://mzl.la/bracketTheme

	There were a lot of positive comments on Zeeshan Syed's use of space

	https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Pretty#Zeeshan_Syed

	Many people liked the clean lines, header navigation, home page, and
very "Bugzilla" feel of Long Duong's design:

	https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/b/bb/Bugzilla-Design-lduong-V3.jpg

	Nearly every single voter had something positive to say about Duong's
brilliant design. Based on the number of votes and the general amount of
positive feedback, Duong is our first runner-up for the Make Bugzilla
Pretty contest, and it is very likely that we will end up incorporating
some of his UI concepts into our final design.

	Also, I wanted to mention that people really liked some of the clever
usability aspects from Christian Legnitto's submission, particularly the
color-coding of values:

	https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/a/a5/Bzui_dark.png

	However, the winner of the "Make Bugzilla Pretty" contest, and indeed
the recipient of the *majority* of votes, is Jonathan Wilde:

	https://wiki.mozilla.org/images/7/79/JWilde-BugzillaPretty-Bug-27-2-2011.png

	Jonathan's ability to convert our UI into something beautiful and
simple that even new users will find approachable is beyond anything
that I had ever imagined could be done with Bugzilla. I'm thrilled that
Jonathan has won, and excited to implement his design as the official UI
of Bugzilla 5.0.

	Finally, I'd just like to thank everybody who entered. Your entries
made this contest a fascinating and transformative experience for the
Bugzilla Project. We were consistently amazed at the creativity,
intelligence, and design sense that so many of you displayed, and wish
you great fortune in the future of your careers.

	-Max	
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Max Kanat-Alexander
Chief Architect, Community Lead, and Release Manager
Bugzilla Project
http://www.bugzilla.org/