The transparent capture of the mail spool attached to each issue also yields a nice searchable knowledge repository over time. The web interface to Roundup aims to maximize the density of useful information. Although this principle is important to all information presentation, it is especially vital in a web browser because of the limited window real estate. Hence Roundup avoids repetitive or unnecessary information and tries to fit as many items as possible on the first screen. In contrast, Roundup shows you about 25 high-priority issues right away.
Colour indicates the status of each item to help the eye sift through the index quickly.
In both Jitterbug and Bugzilla, items are sorted by default by ID, a meaningless field. Sorting by ID puts the issues in order by ascending submission date, which banishes recent issues as far away as possible at the bottom of the list. This reveals at a glance where discussion is most active, and provides an easy way for anyone to move an issue up in the list without changing its priority. Here is the Roundup index , the first thing presented to you when you go to Roundup. Note the use of colour coding and the attempt to dedicate maximum space to the description of each issue.