2010/1/7 Trevor Parscal tparscal@wikimedia.org:
Hmmm... Not being able to distinguish the difference between a bug tracker and a wiki based on the skins being similar is a point of view I have a hard time understanding.
Having read quite a few bug reports written in wikitext (which mostly doesn't work in Bugzilla, except for [[links]]), I would encourage a clearer distinction between the wikis and the bug tracker. I don't want to give people the impression that what they're reporting bugs on is really a quirky wiki variant: the bug tracker not only uses different syntax, but also has different policies, procedures and protocols.
I like the Launchpad design, its use of less jargon-like language and how it lists status changes amid the comments and provides a full activity log on a separate page.
Having a consistent style across our tool-chain would by most people's thinking be an improvement in the way that each tool is more connected feeling...
That's a nice idea in principle, but as outlined above I'd like to keep the similarities limited. Our bug tracker should actively communicate it's Wikimedia's (name and logo in prominent places) but shouldn't feel /too/ familiar to people that are used to wikis.
Besides, we would be styling it with Vector not Monobook. Monobook is so last decade!
I do agree that if we restyle anything, we should at least improve its looks :)
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)