Overview: Open issues from the MR async design critique

In ux-research#1073 (closed) we ran an async design critique on our current MR UX. Over the following quarters we closed a large amount of the open issues, and as part of gitlab-com/Product#2445 (closed) and gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com#11204 (closed), we want to bring that number down to zero during Q2.

Issue link Title Design proposal Group Milestone
#254636 (closed) Add title and tooltip to diff preferences dropdown Yes Create:Code review 14.0
#283891 (closed) Fix inconsistent drag and drop message in Markdown and Designs Yes Plan:Product planning 13.12
#283892 (closed) Fix code quality icons alignment Yes Verify:Testing 13.12
#283895 (closed) Fix pipeline MR widget elements alignment Yes Verify:Continuous integration 14.1
#283899 (closed) Research usefulness of text "This merge request will start a merge train when pipeline X succeeds" Follow-up issue created: #334131 (closed) Verify:Continuous integration Backlog
#283903 (closed) Fix inconsistent cancel merge train button label Yes Verify:Continuous integration 13.12
#283907 (closed) Differentiate security expanded MR widget Yes Secure:Threat insights 13.11
#283908 (closed) Fix environments MR widget button spacing Yes Release 14.1
#283909 (closed) Fix environments MR widget elements alignment Yes Release 14.1
#289826 (closed) Vertical align branch text in checkout and pipeline MR widget No Create:Code review
#289827 (closed) Clarify outcome of "resolve threads in new issue" buttons in MRs Yes Create:Code review 14.1
#32285 (closed) Required approval rule “Any eligible user” can result in misleading required approvals count Yes Create:Code review
#291990 (closed) Fix merge icon alignment in MR widget Yes Create:Code review
#291993 (closed) Simplify usage of colors and icons in file browser No Create:Code review
#291999 (closed) Revisit MR empty state buttons Yes Create:Code review 14.1
#292002 (closed) Add dropdown affordance to mini pipeline graph No design, design work postponed till 14.2 Verify:Pipeline authoring
#292005 (closed) User mentions color contrast doesn't pass WCAG Yes, but blocked by gitlab-ui#1390 (moved) Ecosystem: Foundations
#293643 (closed) Fix inconsistent delete source branch texts in MR Yes Create:Code review 14.0
#293644 (closed) Clarify that # refers to an issue in MR widget Yes Create:Code review 14.1
#293646 (closed) Explain Git terms using simple language No Create:Code review Backlog
#293648 (closed) Clarify crossed out vulnerabilities in security MR widget Yes Secure:Threat Insights 14.3
#293656 (closed) Group identical code quality issues in MR widget by severity and file Yes Secure:Static Analysis Backlog
gitlab-org/gitlab-services/design.gitlab.com#775 (closed) Add guidelines for help icon style and interaction In progress Ecosystem: Foundations
#296512 Add/move project member role into popover No Not owned
#296513 (closed) Clarify “dash” icon in various MR widgets No Verify:Testing Backlog
#227049 (closed) Visual review is hard to find / confused with review app Yes Verify:Testing 14.3
Edited by Pedro Moreira da Silva