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[Tom Berger <tom.berger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

One of the bugs application pages we're going to redesign for the 3.0
release is the bugs index page (bugs.l.n/project). The current page is
hard to use and not focused enough.

The goals for the new design are:

1. Serve as the main entry point for bug searches.
2. Serve as the main entry point for filing new bugs.
3. Provide easy-to-use links to common predefined searches.
4. Provide an overview of the bugs in the project.

The most interesting changes proposed are:

* All action links are grouped together in the top-right part of the page.
 * The link for reporting new bugs will eventually raise an inline UI
so that the user doesn't have to navigate to a new page.
* All predefined search links are below, on the right-hand part of the page.
* The list of tags is now presented as a tag 'cloud'. The size of tags
will be determined by their relative prominence in the project, with
official tags factored to appear more prominent.
* Advanced search options will be accessible from within the page
itself, so that the user can initiate complex searches without
navigating to a new page.
* The pie chart is gone. It seems nobody is going to miss it.
 * Eventually, we'd like to provide a chart of the status of bugs over
time, but that's not going to be possible for 3.0 because we don't yet
collect this data.
* The lists of bugs in the project are combined into one standard bug
listing with 'top bugs'.

See mockup attached. Comments and suggestions appreciated.

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