Bugzilla:Pretty Contest Ends, and How It Will Be Judged

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

	Hi Bugzilla developers! The deadline for the Bugzilla:Pretty contest
was yesterday, so all the entries that will be valid for voting on are
in now.

	Here are all the entries:

	http://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:Pretty

	Here is how voting will work:

	* Every reviewer gets one vote, except for pyrzak, who gets two. The
list of all reviewers is here:

	http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/reviewer-list.html#all

	Half-reviewers also get a vote.

	* pyrzak may veto winners, in which case everybody who voted for that
design will be asked to vote for another (unless the reviewers almost
entirely disagree with pyrzak, which will override's pyrzak's veto).

	* Vote by sending the name of the designer that you pick to me, by
private email.

	* Remember that we are judging the contest based *only* on which design
*looks the nicest*. There are many great *usability* things from each
design that we can take and incorporate into Bugzilla, but for this
contest, we care only about how *nice* the design *looks*, not how
usable it is. Usability will be dealt with during implementation, so
don't worry about usability for now.

	* If there are things that you like about multiple designs, vote for
the one that you think looks the best overall, but also include in your
email a description of aspects that you like about each design that you
like.

	* You must look at every design before you vote.

	* If there is a conflict of interest involved in your vote (such as you
are related to one of the designers, or you work with them) that is
fine, but just let me know, in your email. (I'm okay with conflicts of
interest as long as they are disclosed and not hidden.)

	* Please don't discuss the designs on this mailing list. Discussing
them via private email, IM, or IRC is fine. If we think that it is
necessary, we may open up discussion on the *reviewers* list, but I
don't think that will be necessary.

	* If you are not a reviewer and you would still like to give some
feedback, feel free to talk to the voters (the reviewers) directly or
email me directly. If there is significant disagreement between the
reviewers as to which design is the best, we may open up voting to the
larger Bugzilla community, but for now, for the sake of simplicity,
we're going to limit it to the reviewers.

	* It would be nice to have your vote in as soon as reasonably possible,
and by Friday, March 18 at the latest.


	If you have any questions about the voting procedures, then please feel
free to ask on this list!

	-Max
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