On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Steven Walling <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi all, > > We'll be doing a blog post and other (on-wiki) messages, but I wanted > people on this list to hear earlier that we're close to having a new look > for account creation and login in MediaWiki core. The first launch of this > will be on an opt-in basis for testing by editors on their home wiki, and > we're shooting for at least login to be ready by the next MediaWiki release > on Monday. > > Right now, you can test a version of both on our Labs instance, > http://piramido.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page, by applying the URL parameter > &useNew=1 to either account creation or login. Please let me know if you > have any questions or encounter a bug. One key item to note is that > localization is likely complete yet. > > For background: this redesign is a product of testing by the Editor > Engagement Experiments team of the account creation form over several > months.[1][2] Our latest design is based on those A/B test results and > subsequent internationalization needs. We're also applying the same design > principles to the login page, in order to make them look and feel > consistent. There's more detail in our specification on mediawiki.org.[3] > > Thanks! > > -- > Steven Walling > https://wikimediafoundation.org/ > > 1. > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/10/05/testing-new-signup-page-for-wikipedia/ > 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Account_creation_UX > 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience > > Following up: the login patch (https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/55847/) was just merged so we're moving on to any review issues outstanding with account creation. The login change should go out with the next MediaWiki release on Monday. -- Steven Walling https://wikimediafoundation.org/
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