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Originally Posted by Fargus View Post
Kathy I think you're getting confused on semantics. If an action is reproducable then it can be filed. The issue being talked about is one of communication of the issue in question. Your earlier post was actually quite good in that regard.

If the programme is able to perform as expected without blowing up or acting in an unexpected manner then I would say it is not suffering from a bug.

If the functionality could benefit from additions or modifications to make life easier then there is a debate on whether it is a bug or simply an interpretation.

Breaking design guidelines for user interface would be considered a bug as there is an expected behaviour being deviated from.

If there is just something you would like to see that isn't covered then I wouls start with a brainstorm to ouline your requirements and get some votes for an enhancement to the existing behaviour.

Hope that makes sense and helps some. Does that sit ok with everyone else regards designations?
Err no. I understood the first part of that (I think) but then you lost me.

The problem is I speak a range of 'elite' languages - medical, mental health, church (in several variants) theology (again several variants) and sci-fi. But I don't speak OSS. So there's lots of terms being used I simply don't understand. It feels like I'm working in a foreign language which I never got beyond 'o' level.

What exactly do you mean by "Breaking design guidelines for user interface would be considered a bug as there is an expected behaviour being deviated from."

My best guess you mean is that it isn't doing what I expect because I expect to understand it (at which point we're going in circles).

The problem is reproduceable in that I have a mild panic every time I look at the Bugzilla page.

As for brainstorm... I cam start a thread in the brainstorm forum, but if you want me to do more than that... well, I'm back to the same problem.
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