The Helpdesk Service

To plan a helpdesk service you need to consider: An important element of a helpdesk service is an information system that provides the following functionality:

Example of a Problem Entry Form (Bugzilla)

Product Browser
Component

The area where the problem occurs. To pick the right component, you could use the same one as similar bugs you found in your search, or read the full list of component descriptions if you need more help.

Select a component to see its description here.
Hardware Platform
Operating System
Build Identifier
(User Agent)

This is the line beginning "Mozilla/5.0" in Help | About Mozilla. It identifies exactly the version of Mozilla you were using. If you are using the problem copy of Mozilla, this will be filled in correctly for you already. If Mozilla won't start, just enter the URL of the directory you downloaded it from.

URL

URL that demonstrates the problem you are seeing (optional.) IMPORTANT: If you are filing a bug about a broken web page, you need to read the Mozilla Web Developer FAQ, which explains how we handle old or badly-coded web pages.

Summary

A sentence which summarises the problem. Please be descriptive and use lots of keywords.

Bad example: mail crashed
Good example: crash if I close the mail window while checking for new POP mail

Details

Expand on the Summary. Please be as specific as possible about what is wrong.

Bad example: This page looks wrong in Mozilla. Other browsers display it correctly. You suck!
Good example: In the page at http://www.foo.com/, text in the first column should be fully justified -- text should be aligned with both the left and right margins. In Mozilla, the text is only left-justified.

Reproducibility

How often can you reproduce the problem?

Steps to Reproduce

Describe how to reproduce the problem, step by step. Include any special setup steps.

Actual Results

What happened after you performed the steps above?

Expected Results

What should Mozilla have done instead?

Additional Information

Add any additional information you feel may be relevant to this bug, such as the theme you were using (does the bug still occur with the default theme?), a Talkback crash ID, or special information about your computer's configuration. Any information longer than a few lines, such as a stack trace or HTML testcase, should be added using the "Create a new Attachment" link on the bug, after it is filed.

If you are reporting a crash, note the module in which Mozilla crashed (e.g., Application Violation in gkhtml.dll). On Macintosh, if you have MacsBug, attach the results of the how and sc commands.

Security

Check this box if this is a security problem that needs to be kept confidential (see the mozilla.org security policy for more details).

Severity

How serious the problem is. Also, if your bug is a request for a new feature or enhancement, say so here.

Search Form

Search form

Search Results

Bug #
Dupe
Count
Change in last
7 day(s)
Component
Severity
Op Sys
Target
Milestone
Summary
22274
126
0
Layout
normal
All
---
[INLINE] Too much space (for descenders) under image elements
20618
98
0
Browser-General
major
Windows 98
---
Mousewheel doesn't work with some driver/Win32 OS combinations (scroll, scrolling)
195600
88
0
Installer
critical
Windows 2000
---
browser crashes on startup after install and after xpi install. Installation of 1.4 fails
25537
83
0
Layout
enhancement
All
---
alt text is not displayed as a tooltip
38488
71
0
Networking: HTTP
major
All
---
Proxy:junkbuster is broken - use http/1.0 to get arround this
28586
62
0
Embedding: Docshell
enhancement
All
Future
meta bug - show error pages instead of dialogs for network errors (placeholder page in the content area) (http error pages)
11459
62
0
Preferences
normal
All
---
need option for mailto: to launch external mail app or open a webmail url
105547
62
0
Tabbed Browser
normal
All
---
Windows open in new window instead of tabs (target=<nonexistant_frame>)
69938
59
0
File Handling
critical
All
Future
Downloads are stored in $TMPDIR|$TMP|$TEMP|/tmp first and moved to the selected path after the download finishes
94035
58
1
Plug-ins
enhancement
All
Future
Allow blocking of any media type (flash, plug-in, applet, etc.) by site (like cookies and images)
193638
58
0
Preferences: Backend
normal
All
---
corrupt or lost pref.js / startup configuration error
167663
55
0
XP Apps
critical
MacOS X
mozilla1.0.2
[OS X]window disappears when clicking the maximize button (green +)
104532
53
1
Tabbed Browser
normal
All
---
Status bar ticker fails to update when tabs switched.