On May 6, 2010, at 3:39 PM, Steve King wrote:
It doesn't sound right to simply report a behavior. "When I do this, that happens." Um, yeah, and...? Is that a complaint or a compliment? At least adding "I think this is a bug." lets the reader know it's a complaint.
I think he was asking why people say "bug" when there's no bug. In other words, why say "this is a bug" instead of "this goes against established UI practices"?
My guess is that people expect bugs to get more attention, so it's an attempt to inflate the seriousness of the problem.