Vista - Microsoft Beta Client reports appear here?

I'm just wondering where my problem reports go when I've marked them
"Public".

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 X 2 + Vista Beta 5536

They go to the same place that private bugs go, except public bugs can be
read and commented on by the technical beta testers.


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- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Thanks. So if they think it's worthy of comment they'll post it here? The
reason I asked is someone earlier today commented to mark such reports
public so they would appear here.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 X 2 + Vista Beta 5536
"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E401FA31-2A2D-42A1-BEA6-EFD1DC5DD159@microsoft.com...
> They go to the same place that private bugs go, except public bugs can be
> read and commented on by the technical beta testers.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

No, the comments are made on the bug report via a private website.

The reason you should mark a bug as public is so if you have a question
about your bug report, you can post here and provide the bug id# that it was
assigned, and then one of the technical beta testers that read this forum
can look at your bug report on the private web site and tell you what it
says.

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- JB

Windows Vista Support Faq
http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Ok, now I understand. Thanks.

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Peter
Toronto, Canada
XP Pro SP2 X 2 + Vista Beta 5536
"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43CF1534-C012-4B71-9517-1444E47B486D@microsoft.com...
> No, the comments are made on the bug report via a private website.
>
> The reason you should mark a bug as public is so if you have a question
> about your bug report, you can post here and provide the bug id# that it
> was assigned, and then one of the technical beta testers that read this
> forum can look at your bug report on the private web site and tell you
> what it says.
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Why aren't they all public JB and why does Connect hide full access to bug
contexts from the public?

The public can't access which bugs are fixed, search them, which bugs are
purportedly deferred (meaning fogeddahboutdit), how many bugs are marked "by
design" that aren't--I'd like a nickle for every beta tester who has
complained about the latter for nearly a year repeatedly and vociferously.

CH

"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E401FA31-2A2D-42A1-BEA6-EFD1DC5DD159@microsoft.com...
> They go to the same place that private bugs go, except public bugs can be
> read and commented on by the technical beta testers.
>
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

JB--

"via a private website"=Translation--"it's a secret."

"The reason you should mark a bug as public is so if you have a question
about your bug report, you can post here and provide the bug id# that it
was
assigned, and then one of the technical beta testers that read this forum
can look at your bug report on the private web site and tell you what it
says"

Isn't what you just described ridiculous, Russian Roulettesque, and counter
intuitive to anything an adult has ever learned to get done for himself?

Why should anyone who is interested in Vista enough to bug it have to submit
to that kind of arms length, chance situation. It's enough for MSFT people
to bug without having to hope someone "adopts their bug cause."

But I think it shows how stupid they believe the public might be.

Suppose you had to be somewhere tomorrow but were told you aren't allowed to
drive your car but a designated driver might see you frantically waving and
he can drive your car there? You could post here and maybe someone who is
on the list to drive your car can arrange to get you there.

That's a ridiculous scenario for anyone to consider.

How do you impose "clear, confident, connected" on that equation? It sounds
"Nebulous, tentative and disconnected to me?"

Talk about intuitive--for the whole Beta the IE Tools>Options>Delete Temp
Internet Files box says at the same time "delete browsing history" but that
is not what deleting tifs does or the signficance of it, or is it the same
as deleting history connected with index.dat (many users want their browsing
history intect; some might not). Why was it labled this way? Who knows
what the IE team was thinking.

CH


"Jimmy Brush" <JimmyBrush@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43CF1534-C012-4B71-9517-1444E47B486D@microsoft.com...
> No, the comments are made on the bug report via a private website.
>
> The reason you should mark a bug as public is so if you have a question
> about your bug report, you can post here and provide the bug id# that it
> was assigned, and then one of the technical beta testers that read this
> forum can look at your bug report on the private web site and tell you
> what it says.
>
> --
> - JB
>
> Windows Vista Support Faq
> http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

Bug reports form technical beta testers only show up on
connect.microsoft.com and remember this is not the private newsgroups.

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Take Care,

Will


"Peter" <Peter@news.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B44BEB41-15F5-42F7-B8D0-E336581D96A5@microsoft.com...
> I'm just wondering where my problem reports go when I've marked them
> "Public".
>
> --
> Peter
> Toronto, Canada
> XP Pro SP2 X 2 + Vista Beta 5536

Chad Harris Wrote:

> Why aren't they all public JB and why does Connect hide full access to bug
> contexts from the public?
>
> The public can't access which bugs are fixed, search them, which bugs are
> purportedly deferred (meaning fogeddahboutdit), how many bugs are marked
> "by design" that aren't--I'd like a nickle for every beta tester who has
> complained about the latter for nearly a year repeatedly and vociferously.

My guess is that some bugs may pose a security risk and if they were made
publically known could cause serious problems.
Incidentally, I wonder how many people do actually file bug reports for
Vista and how many people just use it because they want the latest OS? I
bet the majority of people who download it care not a jot about bug reports
and simply do not bother.

Beck wrote:
>
>
> Chad Harris Wrote:
>
>> Why aren't they all public JB and why does Connect hide full access to
>> bug contexts from the public?
>>
>> The public can't access which bugs are fixed, search them, which bugs
>> are purportedly deferred (meaning fogeddahboutdit), how many bugs are
>> marked "by design" that aren't--I'd like a nickle for every beta
>> tester who has complained about the latter for nearly a year
>> repeatedly and vociferously.
>
>
> My guess is that some bugs may pose a security risk and if they were
> made publically known could cause serious problems.
> Incidentally, I wonder how many people do actually file bug reports for
> Vista and how many people just use it because they want the latest OS?
> I bet the majority of people who download it care not a jot about bug
> reports and simply do not bother.
>

My only current interest in Vista is making sure my own software will
install and run on it. If I discover bugs in Vista that prevent this
(and I have) I will most certainly report them (and I have). I do resent
the fact that I am unable to view the status of my own bug report.

David Wilkinson