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Originally Posted by Fargus View Post
Sorry Kathy - got so used to you posting solutions on forum and contributing at a high level I forgot you're not up on the lingo yet: my short coming!

I was trying to say that if there is a definate behaviour that should be working but doesn't work as expected then it is a potential bug. For a bug report it is important that you explain how the problem can be reproduced so clear list of actions that allow someone else to get the same issue. As software is complex the other programs and settings you have might affect things too (hence the automated tools that Microsoft use).

The bit about design guidelines for the user interface: there is a guide for how Nokia expect the interface to work. This covers things such as screen layouts, actions on certain keypresses etcetera. This helps make applications look and feel the same to end users. If an application deviates from this way of doing things then whilst it might work properly it doesn't follow the standards so might be confusing. This is an issue with compliance and technically still a bug.

If an application simply doesn't do something you would like to have it do (such as make the tea) then this is a request to extend the functionality so should go via Brainstorm.

Apologies if this still makes no sense. Quite happy to chat interactively if it helps any: sometimes hard to do this without interaction and confirmation.
Thanks for the compliment!

Some of it makes sense, some of it still goes over my head. I'm quite comfortable with stuff going over my head (certain forums on here are there permanently) but I feel that for this, I need help. I want to be able to submit bugs that are useful (assuming I find any). But if I need help, so will a lot of other people I fear.

I'd love to chat 'real-time', but I'm dashing out right now (Must, must clean out the fire before I go!) - if you'd like to PM me with whatever real-time medium you prefer I have a few of them and am around most early evenings, including tonight

I kind of hope that if I can get a grasp of this, I can explain what needs to be explained to other new users, which is part of the role of a 'greeter' as I see it.
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