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: Benutzermenü
Das Benutzermenü steht jetzt allen zur Verfügung, die die neue Desktop-Oberfläche verwenden. Durch das Menü wird es für neue Autoren und Leser einfacher herauszufinden, welche Links es in ihrem Benutzerkonto gibt. Dazu gehören: Die Benutzerseite und die Benutzer-Diskussionsseite, die Beobachtungsliste usw. Es sorgt auch für eine schöne optische Wirkung des Seitenkopfs im Wiki.

Wir beobachten, wie sich die Veränderung auf die Anzahl der Klicks auf diese Links aufwirkt. Es kann sein, dass wir aufgrund der Ergebnisse das Menü weiter verbessern. Außerdem haben sich Ehrenamtliche zur Platzierung des Links zur Beobachtungsliste geäußert. Wir arbeiten daran. Näheres dazu gibt es im Phabricator.

: Neuer Schalter zum Wechseln zwischen den Sprachversionen
Während der letzten Monate, hat das Team an der Verbesserung des Schalters gearbeitet, mit dem man in einem Wikimedia-Projekt zwischen den Sprachversionen einer Wiki-Seite hin und her wechseln kann. Bis dahin standen die Interwiki-Links ganz am unteren Ende des Sidebar-Menüs. Deshalb waren sie für die Leser und für neue Autoren nur schwer auffindbar. Wir haben das nun dahingehend geändert, dass der Sprachschalter am Seitenkopf über einen Button betätigt werden kann. Dabei sind wir dem Input von Autoren und Lesern des Prototyps und anderen Tests gefolgt.

Die neue Funktion wurde im Juni 2021 der Hälfte der eingeloggten Benutzer angeboten, um deren Gebrauch in einem A/B-Test beurteilen zu können. Der A/B-Test ist mittlerweile abgeschlossen und alle Benutzer in den Testwikis sollten den neuen Sprach-Schalter nun einsetzen können.

: Bericht über den Test des Prototyps
Im May und Juni 2021 bat das Team um Rückmeldung aus 30 Sprach-Communitys zu einem Prototyp mit den neuesten Feature-Ideen zu unserem Projekt. Darunter waren das neue Menü, das alle persönlichen Links der Benutzer an einer Stelle zusammenführt, und der feststehende Seitenkopf, der den Zugriff auf alles (Bearbeiten, Versionsgeschichte und Diskussionsseite) jederzeit zugänglich macht. Beide waren bis dahin nur im Seitenkopf verfügbar. Insgesamt erhielten wir 305 Antworten von eingeloggten Benutzern über ihre Erfahrungen mit den Prototypen.

Die große Mehrheit berichtete über positive Erfahrungen mit dem Prototyp. Nur zum feststehenden Seitenkopf gab es kritische Kommentare. Insbesondere tauchte der Wunsch auf, der Seitenkopf solle immer gleich aussehen und nicht erst als solcher gezeigt werden, wenn man die Seite scrollt. Derzeit setzen wir diese Wünsche um.

Ein vollständiger Bericht mit einer Auswertung des Feedbacks folgt später im laufenden Monat.

: Studie über Benutzerverhalten veröffentlicht
Anfang 2021 beauftragten zwei Abteilungen, das Web Team und Design Research, drei voneinander unabhängige Forschergruppen mit einer Studie über die Benutzung zweier neuer Features: Einem fixierten "sticky" Seitenkopf und einem überall auf der Seite verfügbaren Inhaltsverzeichnis. Unser Ziel war, oft genutzte Funktionen überall auf der Seite verfügbar zu machen, damit man nicht mehr so viel Zeit braucht, um auf und ab zu scrollen und um die Tools, die man gerade braucht, auf der Seite zu finden. Wir untersuchten neue Leser, gelegentliche Leser und Autoren in drei verschiedenen Ländern – Ghana, Indonesien und Argentinien – und in drei verschiedenen Sprachen – Englisch, Malaiisch und Spanisch. Dieser Bericht stellt die Ergebnisse der Studien vor. Alles in allem wurden beide vorgeschlagenen Features von den Studienteilnehmern positiv aufgenommen.

: Das neue Such-Widget wurde auf den Pilotwikis freigegeben, A/B-Tests mit eingeloggten Benutzern
Wir freuen uns, dass unser neues Such-Widget jetzt auf allen derzeitigen Testwikis standardmäßig verfügbar ist. Die Verbesserung der Suchfunktion besteht darin, dass die Suchergebnisse kontextualisiert werden. Sie werden jetzt mit Bildern und Beschreibungen angereichert, wodurch es einfacher wird, korrekte Ergebnisse zu erhalten.

Wir führen A/B-Tests auf den Pilotwikis für eingeloggte Benutzer durch. Dabei wird das neue Widget 50% der eingeloggten Benutzer bereitgestellt, für die restlichen 50% bleibt es bei der alten Suchfunktion. Durch den Test wird es möglich sein, den Nutzen des neuen Features zu beurteilen und herauszufinden, was noch weiter verbessert und überarbeitet werden muss. Der Test dauert zwei Wochen. Die Ergebnisse werden im Anschluss ausgewertet und veröffentlicht.

: Das neue Such-Widget und andere allgemeine Updates
Während der letzten Monate haben wir an dem neuen Such-Widget gearbeitet, das mehr Kontext zum eingegebenen Suchbegriff bieten soll, beispielsweise Bilder und Beschreibungen. Hier gab es einige Verzögerungen, deshalb werden wir das neue Widget voraussichtlich im Februar ausrollen.

Wir haben auch begonnen, uns einige Daten sowohl über das Projekt zur Verbesserung der Desktop-Umgebung im Ganzen als auch über einzelne Features einmal näher anzuschauen. Wir haben einen Bericht über die Nutzung der wegklappbaren Sidebar veröffentlicht. Den Daten zufolge neigen ausgeloggte Benutzer eher dazu, die Sidebar eingeklappt zu lassen als eingeloggte. Diese Ergebnisse haben uns darin bestätigt, dass die Sidebar in der endgültigen Fassung voraussichtlich für eingeloggte Benutzer standardmäßig offen sein wird, während sie für ausgeloggte standardmäßig geschlossen bleibt.

Außerdem haben wir begonnen, uns anzuschauen, wie oft eingeloggte Benutzer die neue Oberfläche in den Test-Wikis per opt-out abschalten. Die durchschnittlichen Opt-Out-Raten für alle eingeloggten Benutzer lagen zwischen 1,78 % auf euwiki und 4,09 % auf hewiki. Unter den aktiven Autoren lag die Spanne zwischen 5 % und 14 %. Wir werden uns diese Statistiken in den nächsten Wochen noch etwas eingehender anschauen.

Finally, we wanted to give a quick timeline of the next few months:


 * February 2021 - new search widget deployed to pilot wikis. The pilot wiki list will expand to include Portuguese Wikipedia, Turkish Wikipedia, Korean Wikipedia, Serbian Wikipedia, and German Wikivoyage.
 * February 2021 - Second round of prototypes for logged in users. We will be running a second round of prototypes for the sticky header and user menu with logged-in users over the month of February. We encourage everyone to review these and give us feedback!
 * March 2021 - We are currently focused on improving our language switching capabilities. We plan on deploying the new functionality this March to our pilot wikis.

: New location of search bar now available on all wikis
We have deployed the new location of the search functionality to all projects. The new location is available by default for anonymous users on our early adopter wikis, and by preference for all other users.

We are also performing an A/B test of the new location with logged-in users on our early adopter wikis. 50% of logged-in users are seeing the new experience, while the other 50% are seeing the old experience. This test will last two weeks. Our hypothesis is that the group with the new experience will search more frequently. Results will be available in approximately one month.

: Collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header now available to all users on euwiki, fawiki, frwiktionary, euwiki, and ptwikiversity
Basque, Farsi, and Hebrew Wikipedias, as well as French Wiktionary and Portuguese Wikiversity have now received the new version of the Vector skin by default. For now, these changes include the collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header. For feedback and questions - please head to our talk page.

: Collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header now available as a preference to all projects
We have now deployed our collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header to all projects as a user preference. To opt-in - go to the appearance tab on your preferences page and uncheck the "legacy vector" option. Once opted in, you will receive all future updates as soon as they are ready. For feedback and questions - please head to our talk page.

Our first change, a collapsible sidebar, allows users to collapse the lengthy menu on the left side of the page. We believe this change improves usability by allowing people to focus on the content itself - on reading, editing, or moderating.

Our second change introduces a maximum line width to our content on pages such as article pages and discussion pages. Studies have shown that limiting the width can lead to better retention of content, as well as a decrease in eye strain. (please review our FAQ for a list of the literature reviewed)

: Collapsible sidebar on officewiki, new header, and feature descriptions
We deployed our collapsible sidebar on officewiki and testwiki. You can see it by going to either of those projects, or by appending the url parameter ?useskinversion=2 to the url on any project.

In addition, we have published more details on the collapsible sidebar and header and logo changes, including in-depth feature descriptions and analysis and measurement plans.

: Collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header now available to all users on euwiki, fawiki, frwiktionary, euwiki, and ptwikiversity
Basque, Farsi, and Hebrew Wikipedias, as well as French Wiktionary and Portuguese Wikiversity have now received the new version of the Vector skin by default. For now, these changes include the collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header. For feedback and questions - please head to our talk page.

: Collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header now available as a preference to all projects
We have now deployed our collapsible sidebar, maximum width, and new header to all projects as a user preference. To opt-in - go to the appearance tab on your preferences page and uncheck the "legacy vector" option. Once opted in, you will receive all future updates as soon as they are ready. For feedback and questions - please head to our talk page.

Our first change, a collapsible sidebar, allows users to collapse the lengthy menu on the left side of the page. We believe this change improves usability by allowing people to focus on the content itself - on reading, editing, or moderating.

Our second change introduces a maximum line width to our content on pages such as article pages and discussion pages. Studies have shown that limiting the width can lead to better retention of content, as well as a decrease in eye strain. (please review our FAQ for a list of the literature reviewed)

: Collapsible sidebar on officewiki, new header, and feature descriptions
We deployed our collapsible sidebar on officewiki and testwiki. You can see it by going to either of those projects, or by appending the url parameter ?useskinversion=2 to the url on any project.

In addition, we have published more details on the collapsible sidebar and header and logo changes, including in-depth feature descriptions and analysis and measurement plans.

: User Research with Readers - phase 1 report
Starting in January 2020 we have been working with Hureo, a user research firm based in India, to perform a user study on how new and casual readers use the desktop interface of Wikipedia. The outcome of the first phase of the study is a report detailing their observations from 24 user interviews. Read more The study was separated in two phases, with the first phase focusing on primarily English readers, and the second phase on bilingual and non-English readers. The goal of the study was to understand the experience of new and casual readers, both in terms of how they feel about the site and how they use the site, focusing in particular on the concepts of trust and welcomeness, as well as on the usability of commonly used features on the site. In addition, we were also interested in uncovering potential areas of improvement in terms of overall and feature-specific usability. We will be using these results to inform future feature development for desktop improvements project.

: Full results from prototype feedback
In December, 2019 we published a prototype of the first few features of the desktop improvements project for community feedback. We received detailed, thoughtful feedback from over 200 logged-in users, across five languages. We have published a report which highlights the main points raised, both positive and negative, and our plans going forward in response to this feedback. The prototype presented a collapsible version of the sidebar, a fixed-width layout, and a more prominent location for the language switcher. The feedback was mostly positive, with the majority of users seeing the proposed changes as an improvement over the current design. However there were also some areas of concern. Many of the issues raised were due to bugs in the prototype (particularly with the language switching menu), while others exposed areas for improvement that we will iterate on and/or keep an eye on during development.

: Update on initial features and overall feature sequence
The setting for turning the improvements on will be within the user preferences list for logged-in users. For test wikis, the improvements will be on by default, but logged-in users will be able to turn them off anytime via their preferences or a button in the sidebar. Please see the Opting in and Release Plan page for more details and mockups. As we will be testing each individual feature prior to building, this list is subject to change based on the feedback we receive.
 * We have began building the opting-in and opting-out structure for the project.
 * We have also published the current list of features considered for the project as well as the sequence we plan on building them in.

: Feedback Round 1 Summary
We have finished our first round of feedback for the prototype of the first few features of the desktop improvements project: the new header, collapsible sidebar, and improved language switching. So far, the results have been mostly positive, with the majority of users seeing the changes as a significant improvement over the current design. However, we also found a few areas for improvement that we will iterate on and consider during development. Here are a few highlights of the results so far:


 * A majority of the editors who tested the prototype really liked the new location of the language switcher.
 * A few editors raised concerns around internationalization and the ability to switch languages using one click.
 * A majority of the editors liked the collapsibility of the sidebar, especially for readers
 * There were some concerns around the amount of white space introduced with a collapsible sidebar and fixed-width layout
 * We saw many requests for a dark/night mode for the site

We are currently running the second feedback round on English and Polish Wikipedias. If you haven’t had a chance yet, please let us know your thoughts on the prototype page. Once both feedback rounds are completed, we will be publishing a more in-depth report.

: Language Switching Users Tests
In December we did some usability testing to compare the current placement of the Universal Language Selector (in the sidebar) with the proposed location in the article header. We tested a prototype with 21 users in order to determine if people have an easier time switching languages given the new location of the language switcher. The results of the test confirmed our hypothesis — participants in the test group (new location) were able to switch languages more quickly than participants in the control group (old location). Based on these results we plan on continuing to explore moving the language selector to this location as a part of the desktop improvements project.

: Prototype testing
Between December 2019 and February 2020, we will be performing tests on a prototype for the first few features of the desktop improvements project. We will be gathering feedback from a variety of test wikis by encouraging editors to participate using a central notice banner. We ran the banners and received feedback from the majority of our test wikis during December 2019. In February 2020, we will continue running the banners on English and Polish Wikipedias. So far, the feedback we have received is mostly positive but we have also identified some areas of our prototype that we will iterate on based on the feedback. We will be publishing the results of the first round of feedback over the next few weeks, and of the second, sometime in February. In the meantime, we encourage you to give us feedback (if you haven't yet) on the prototype page.

: Technical Research pt 2
We have published the results of our technical research in preparation for beginning the work on the project. In particular, we have focused on gathering more information on the following:


 * The possibility of serving a different version of the site to logged-out users (for opt-in/opt-out and A/B testing purposes)
 * Search and the differences between the current search widgets
 * Language switching and possibilities on improving the language switcher
 * T234907 - A technical RfC on what code-base to start with
 * Changes to EventLogging and how they will impact our work

We reached out to all wikis with a MassMessage, and asked for communities to volunteer to be test wikis for this project.

: Wikimania research report
During Wikimania 2019, we interviewed editors with the goal of sharing the plans for our upcoming Desktop improvements project, and collecting valuable feedback on a number of preliminary design ideas. Our research consisted of user interviews, a free-form feedback exercise, and a presentation with breakout groups for more focused discussion. We have published a report and a PDF summary (in English) of the feedback we received. Overall, we received positive feedback on the focus areas selected, as well as the individual prototypes for ideas. However, we were also able to identify areas for improvements.

We will be iterating over this feedback over the next few weeks and plan on developing a prototype that we can test with a wider audience across wikis.

In the slideshow below is a sample of 19 of the ideas we tested. For more context, please read the full report and then give us feedback on the talk page!

: Desktop usage and behavior data analysis
As a part of our research process, we wanted to learn more about the way people currently use the site. In particular, how often they use available functionality such as links in the sidebar, language switching, and search. We have published our results. Overall, usage of sidebar links is low - only about 0.5% of all logged out users and 1.6% of all logged-in desktop users clicked on one of the pages linked in the sidebar. Language switching usage varied, generally based on the size of the wiki, with smaller wikis switching languages more often.

: Research and brainstorming at Wikimania
Wikimania provided us with the opportunity to speak with experienced members of our communities. Over the five days of the conference we were able to share the plans for the project, and collect valuable feedback on a number of design ideas. Our research consisted of user interviews, a free-form feedback exercise, and a presentation + brainstorming session (you can see the slide-deck we used at the side). We will soon be publishing the summary of the feedback, as well as interview session results.

: Technical Research
To explore different technical possibilities for the project, the team spent a week hacking on different approaches to a single problem - how to enable the sidebar in the desktop experience to be collapsible. We are hoping to use the results from these experiments to determine the technical architecture for the improvements, as well as the skin we would like to build these improvements within. Here is a list of the experiments themselves:


 * Building a collapsible sidebar using a fork of the vector skin
 * Building the desktop sidebar within the Minerva skin. An exploration in the question: "is there a world where we have the same skin for desktop and mobile?"
 * Building a collapsible sidebar using user styles only