Bug 586515 - If the user doesn't have a BZ account filled in, the ABRT user experience is really poor
Summary: If the user doesn't have a BZ account filled in, the ABRT user experience is ...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: abrt
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Jiri Moskovcak
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-04-27 19:19 UTC by Máirín Duffy
Modified: 2015-02-01 22:51 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-06-27 15:54:46 UTC
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Description Máirín Duffy 2010-04-27 19:19:03 UTC
Description of problem:
I just watched someone in the office try to use ABRT to file a bug. They had never used ABRT before on the machine so their bugzilla credentials were not already in the system. Too many windows popped up and the program let the user input a lot of information before asking for bugzilla credentials.

I think if based on the reporting methods the user selects on this screen:

https://fedoraproject.org/w/uploads/d/d0/Abrt-ui_mar2010_reportbug1-v2.png

If ABRT knows the user hasn't filled in their credentials for the reporting methods selected, they should be asked for and confirmed to work in the wizard *before* the user fills out any other information. We don't want to waste the user's time. 

I have some more ideas on how to improve the ABRT workflow further from the last iteration I did with you, by the way, based on watching this user go through the UI. I'll create another revision of the mockups for further improvements.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
abrt-1.0.9-2 (in F13 Beta+ apparently)

How reproducible:
Very.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Clear any bugzilla login information from ABRT.
2. Cause a crash so abrt is triggered.
3. Try to file the bug.

Comment 1 Bug Zapper 2011-06-02 14:48:16 UTC
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Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2011-06-27 15:54:46 UTC
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