How do I know if they are already aware of an issue?

[Guest]

Obviosuly thousands of bug reports are flled out, so its impossible to know
exactly which ones they are aware of. But I am hesitant to spend a lot of
time testing a feature witch I think is very buggy, because they are probably
already aware of the issue (it seems obvious to me).

The issue is all the problems with a dual screen set up, using a laptop. If
you dont know, closing the lid (even if it is set to do nothing) disables the
additional monitor, then when you re-open it a lot of differnt things could
happen (this is where the testing would be needed) but for the most part the
graphics settings need to all be changed back to what they were.

I know that I could just test it, and bug all my findings. But is it worth
my time? Again I ask this only becuase of the amount of time it would take
to find all the bugs with it, and because there is a good chance its a known
issue.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Don't worry about it. The bug reports are all triaged (at least the ones
submitted through the Microsoft Beta Client) and prioritized. Large numbers
of reports of the same bug lend weight to its gravity and apparent impact.
The triage meetings involve give and take with team members advocating on
behalf of various of the users' pain points. The chances are you will
strengthen someone's arguments in these meetings.

You could also take the position that there was no point in looking at Vista
just because a couple of million other people did too.

 

[Mark D. VandenBerg]

And, I know the odds are small, but what if you find a bug nobody else does?
I mean, it's not a moral obligation or anything, but hey, maybe something I
find helps you. Besides, there's a rumor that whoever finds the most gets
ice cream!


Obviosuly thousands of bug reports are flled out, so its impossible to know
exactly which ones they are aware of. But I am hesitant to spend a lot of
time testing a feature witch I think is very buggy, because they are
probably
already aware of the issue (it seems obvious to me).

The issue is all the problems with a dual screen set up, using a laptop. If
you dont know, closing the lid (even if it is set to do nothing) disables
the
additional monitor, then when you re-open it a lot of differnt things could
happen (this is where the testing would be needed) but for the most part
the
graphics settings need to all be changed back to what they were.

I know that I could just test it, and bug all my findings. But is it worth
my time? Again I ask this only becuase of the amount of time it would take
to find all the bugs with it, and because there is a good chance its a known
issue.