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“As Designed” is a useless bug closure status — especially for people with disabilities
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“As Designed” is a useless bug closure status — especially for people with disabilities

Just because it was designed that way, doesn’t mean it was a good idea.

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Sheri Byrne-Haber
Aug 17, 2023
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As someone who started off in software testing over 30 years ago, and then transitioned into accessibility, I’ve seen some crazy bug closure statuses.

Won’t Fix — An acknowledgment that what was reported WAS a defect but isn’t significant enough to get handled. Usage in a sentence: I “won’t fix” all the bugs we didn’t have time for in this sprint.

BSE — …

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