Mozilla updates bug-tracking site

Coinciding with the one-billionth download of the Firefox browser, the Mozilla Project last week revamped its bug tracking and testing tool called Bugzilla.

Version 3.4 of Bugzilla makes it easier for users to find and file bug reports and adds new features to the Web site, according to a post at the project’s Web site.

Behind Bugzilla’s new front page are enhancements including shortened URL searches that can be shared more easily, a field that lets bug reporters refer to other holes mentioned in other Bugzilla posts, and the ability to send emails in the background, which Mozilla says speeds up the process of editing bugs.

Security enhancements include hiding logged-out users’ e-mail addresses, so as to cut down on scrapping addresses for spamming purposes. One of Bugzilla’s main developers, Max Kanat-Alexander, says in his blog post  that the project spent the last five years fixing the code of Bugzilla. With release 3.4, the group was able to take enhancement input from current users as well as make changes to attract prospective users.

“As you look through the New Features list of Bugzilla 3.4, you may notice that it fixes tons of major issues that Bugzilla has had since its beginning,” Kanat-Alexander says.

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