That'd be very useful. Over the last year, most of the things I did on-wiki ended up involving filing a bug report at some stage, so it'd be great to try them all out in one go. On 27 Jul 2014 06:26, "Steven Walling" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > With Wikimania coming up soon, I wanted to invite Wikimedians who are > going to help with something new we're trying at the conference. > > Like most Wikimanias, there are many sessions in the program that attempt > explain software changes that have happened or will happen in the future on > Wikimedia projects. These are great, but they don't give people a chance to > try out something for themselves and provide feedback. > > This year, we're going to have a booth at the conference with several > devices set up (including both laptops and mobile devices). There, we'll be > inviting whoever is interested and has 5-30 minutes to test out new > tools.[*] Whether you're a reader who's never edited, or a longtime > Wikimedian with thousands of edits, they'll be something for you to try. > > Abbey Ripstra, the new lead on user experience research at the Foundation, > will be leading this effort. I just wanted to give a notice because I'm not > sure she's on the list, and because some of my team's work will be up for > testing. ;-) > > So far, we've got the following projects with things to test: > > - Updates to VisualEditor, including a new version for tablets > - Flow (a new discussion system) > - A new system of task recommendations for Wikipedia editors > - the new Wikipedia apps for iOS and Android > - a prototype of skin and navigation enhancements (codenamed Winter, if > you're familiar) > > As we nail down the exact location of the booth, we'll be sure to send out > an update. > > Steven > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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