After coming up with a new name and spending some quality time trading ideas with the wonderful Jared Christensen, we've made another big step towards launching the issue tracker. Everybody. Meet Sifter.
http://nextupdate.com/blog/archives/2008/04/a-name-and-identity/We'll only send emails for significant product announcements, and those happen every couple of months at most. Of course, we won't give away or sell your e-mail address either.