Hi Devs,

Recently Zabbix switched all out-of-the-box templates to include a prefix on items, triggers and graphs. The result is that out-of-the-box templates dropped in quality and usability severely.

Example: Prefix "Linux:"

Some of the results:

• Top X items widget can only show results (like CPU util) from 1 template
• Everything now includes a prefix, making item names longer and harder to read. (Best practice: Short and descriptive??)
  • This impacts users on low resolution screens even worse
  • Messages sent by Zabbix are longer as well, with no usable extra information
• This is why we have TAGS no? Why do I need a prefix that tells me the same thing a tag on a template level does. This works against Zabbix their own idea of tags and best practices.
• If I have items from several templates that relate to the same component, they now won't group together anymore since they include a prefix.

The change doesn't work, it makes Zabbix a lot less usable. Please revert it.