Test server for the non-gerrit inclined?
*Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've done most of the leg work now for turning this into a beta feature. I > made a minor but super cool and exciting change to it that will blow your > mind - watch this space :) > > Reviews welcomed here - https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/107523 ! > > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Jared Zimmerman < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Good things to be aware of, thanks Maryana >> >> >> >> *Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia >> Foundation >> M : +1 415 609 4043 | : >> @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Maryana Pinchuk >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> lol @ my, erm, heterogeneous list of contributions - Ukrainian riot >>> police and basketball uniforms! :) >>> >>> Watching these made me think about one thing we should probably start to >>> pay more attention to: the network of usertesting.com users we've built >>> up over the years. I've definitely seen two of these folks (misterbeauds >>> and kayaker) before in usertesting tests I've run, which means they've had >>> an unusual amount of exposure to the details of Wikipedia UI, both current >>> and planned. That probably partly explains why they seem to know about >>> things like page history, watchlist, etc., without being "real" editors. >>> >>> Every time I put a test up on usertesting.com, I get at least one of >>> those repeat testers - probably because our Wikipedia tests are a lot more >>> fun than whatever standard eyeball monetization software these people >>> normally have to endure ;) But that means we might be underestimating their >>> level of expertise (since they're not truly naive users) and >>> over-representing their views of our UI improvements (since they tend to >>> offer up similar soundbites time after time - e.g., kayaker's "this looks >>> like code" and "I don't want to mess anything up," which I've heard her say >>> before). >>> >>> Anyway, just something for our future Lead UX Researcher to tackle, >>> probably with a detailed database/registry of past testers :) >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Brandon Harris <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> The first battery of user tests have completed against the >>>> Winter prototype. I have included links to all of them at the main Winter >>>> page: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#Harness_One:_Winter >>>> >>>> All tests are annotated, but highlights are included in-line. >>>> >>>> The primary take-aways are: >>>> >>>> * No tester had difficulty recognizing the search bar. >>>> * All testers quickly grasped the in-page context >>>> action ribbon. >>>> * Several testers expressed surprise that Wikipedia had >>>> discussions, which lends even more credence to the idea that Vector tabs >>>> are effectively invisible. >>>> * The "Cancel" button from the editor may need work. >>>> * All testers found their way to the contributions >>>> page, even when faced with bugs/difficulties. They just did it in other >>>> routes. >>>> >>>> I am very pleased with the results. >>>> >>>> I've created a Flow discussion about this here: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Winter&topic_postId=rqjdm79t36svcvf2&workflow=rqjdm79t36svcvf2 >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wmfproduct mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfproduct >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Maryana Pinchuk >>> Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation >>> wikimediafoundation.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Design mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Design mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design >> >> > > > -- > Jon Robson > * http://jonrobson.me.uk > * https://www.facebook.com/jonrobson > * @rakugojon > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >
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