Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-17 Thread Johanna Strodt
Hi Amir, Can you please define the details of what does this mean? My guess is: > * "Reference Previews" will move from the "Beta features" tab in the > preferences to the "Reading preferences" section in the "Appearance" tab. > --> Correct. > * "Enable page previews" and "Enable reference

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-17 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
בתאריך יום ד׳, 17 במרץ 2021, 11:16, מאת Johanna Strodt ‏< johanna.str...@wikimedia.de>: > Hello Amir, thanks for your questions. Having discussed this back and > forth in the team, our original plan was to deploy to a few wikis first to > find out how many users actually don't want a shared

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-17 Thread Physikerwelt
Hi Johanna, since 2019 the Math extension is prepared to offer popups for mathemaical formulae as well. Therefore I think it would be good to design the settings dialog in a way that different kinds of popups can be selected. I could imagine that in the future more extensions would like to offer

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-17 Thread Johanna Strodt
Hello Amir, thanks for your questions. Having discussed this back and forth in the team, our original plan was to deploy to a few wikis first to find out how many users actually don't want a shared setting. But thanks to, among other things, the feedback we received over the last announcement, we

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-16 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Why did you decide to do it like this despite requests from multiple people to keep them separated? What are the advantages of unifying them, and why do you think they outweigh the disadvantages? What kind of user reaction can make you change your mind—user complaints, a certain rate of

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-11 Thread Johanna Strodt
Hello Mathieu, we have received feedback in both directions, both to have a shared setting and to have separate ones. We would like to start with a shared setting to see how users actually react. Best, Johanna Am Mi., 3. März 2021 um 23:47 Uhr schrieb Mathieu Lovato Stumpf Guntz <

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-03 Thread Mathieu Lovato Stumpf Guntz
What about grouping them, with specific hidden options by default? That is if you opt out the group, both are disabled. If you enable the group, you gain the possibility to unfold subcases. Also if at some point the list become really too long, you might consider an option search filter.

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-03 Thread Johanna Strodt
Thanks, Amir! *What can people do if they want to see Reference Previews, but not Page Previews?* Currently, nothing. The plan is to offer both features in combination. As for this shared setting, we received different feedback: Some wanted a combined setting to keep the number of user settings

Re: [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] Reference Previews will become a default feature on a first group of wikis soon

2021-03-03 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
‫בתאריך יום ד׳, 3 במרץ 2021 ב-11:44 מאת ‪Johanna Strodt‬‏ <‪ johanna.str...@wikimedia.de‬‏>:‬ > Reference Previews will be combined with Page Previews[2], a feature > showing previews for linked articles. Both perform essentially the same > function: previewing content before deciding to dig