Thursday, March 29, 2007 3:05 AM
I have been playing around with Axosoft's Ontime Bug Management System. This is the second time that I have tried them on for size, the last time being back in 2003 (I think).
Context: Building the worlds best bug tracking system has got to be one of the trickier things in this world, because I have found that I don't care for most any of the software packages. So with that said...
I do like that the Ontime solution comes with a variety of UI choices including Web, Windows, and VS integration. I haven't tried any but the Windows client which seems quite responsive. But there is just something about this UI and for that matter all bug tracking UIs. There is just too much information being presented at once. And though Axosoft does a good job at not making any of it required, its still overwhelming. At the same time I can see how all of this information is important to different parties.
My sole suggestion would be to study the new Ribbon UI of the MSFT Office products and see if a task based solution would work better than a data oriented solution.
-dru