Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Prototype testing/Feedback

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Arash.pt

 * 1. Take a minute to look around. What are some of your initial impressions? Do you find anything confusing? Convenient? Particularly interesting? (Keep in mind that since this is a prototype some of the links might not work, and there might be other bugs or quirks that you’ll come across.)

At first glance, I just noticed the logo change.


 * 2. Imagine you wanted to switch the article to another language. Can you figure out how to do so? What do you think of this experience?

Yes, It takes maybe 5 or 10 seconds to find it.


 * 3. Imagine you wanted to collapse the main sidebar menu. Can you figure out how to do so? What do you think of this experience?

Yeah, Everyone saw the hamburger button on other apps and websites, So they know how to use that. I didn't like that. maybe it will be better if you change the article width size and remove blank spaces.


 * 4. The logged-out experience is slightly different. Please click the “Log out” link in the top right corner. What do you notice that’s different from the logged-in experience? What do you think?

It's the same collapse sidebar view. I think after logout, it's ok to don't show some links to the user. but still, I hate white spaces :)


 * 5. Imagine your main objective is reading an article. What do you think of page layout and the reading experience? How does it compare with the current experience on Wikipedia?

Aside from the logo, I didn't feel any significant change for readers.


 * 6. Please add any final thoughts, ideas, or questions.

I know it's hard to change the look right now. Users and readers have been used to this look for years. I think you can change the way you present new designs and changes. For example, for important changes such as the location of languages, you could have an interactive presentation for the first visit. This allows the user to first understand the changes and spend less time to find Languages.

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 * 1) Prenez une minute pour observer le prototype. Quelles premières impressions avez-vous ? Trouvez-vous que quelque chose soit déroutant ? pratique ? particulièrement intéressant ? (Gardez en tête que, puisqu’il s’agit d’un prototype, la plupart des liens ne fonctionnent effectivement pas, et il se peut que vous rencontriez d’autres bogues et bizarreries.)
 * (Vos remarques ici)
 * 1) Imaginez que vous vouliez lire l’article dans une autre langue. Pouvez-vous trouver comment le faire ? Que pensez-vous de cette expérience ?
 * (Vos remarques ici)
 * 1) Imaginez que vous vouliez masquer le menu principal dans la barre latérale. Pouvez-vous trouver comment faire cela ? Que pensez-vous de cette expérience ?
 * (Vos remarques ici)
 * 1) L’expérience lorsque l’on n’est pas connecté est légèrement différente. Veuillez cliquer sur le lien « » dans le coin supérieur. Que remarquez-vous de différent par rapport à l’expérience lorsque l’on est connecté ? Qu’en pensez-vous ?
 * (Vos remarques ici)
 * 1) Imaginez que votre principal objectif est de lire un article. Que pensez-vous de la disposition de la page et de l’expérience de lecture ? Quelle comparaison faites-vous avec l’expérience actuelle sur Wikipedia ?
 * (Vos remarques ici)
 * 1) Vous pouvez ajouter n’importe quelles idées, remarques ou questions pour finir.
 * (Vos remarques ici)

NickK
NickK (talk) 19:41, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * 1) Take a minute to look around. What are some of your initial impressions? Do you find anything confusing? Convenient? Particularly interesting? (Keep in mind that since this is a prototype some of the links might not work, and there might be other bugs or quirks that you’ll come across.)
 * No significant changes at the first glance. I find confusing that all navigation boxes are uncollapsed (not a clean look), there are no categories (I use them a lot). I also found language switching confusing (see below)
 * 1) Imagine you wanted to switch the article to another language. Can you figure out how to do so? What do you think of this experience?
 * Yes, I could, but it was not quite confusing: I tried to type 'German' or 'Ukrainian' and neither worked, not intuitive at all that you have to type a native name (and this required a keyboard switch for Ukrainian). I could not easily find if a given article exists in my language, while I rely a lot on it at the moment. Having at least an option to keep an uncollapsed list is a must for me.
 * 1) Imagine you wanted to collapse the main sidebar menu. Can you figure out how to do so? What do you think of this experience?
 * It was obvious, this is a standard sign at the moment. I did not like the look at all, however: for unknown reason with an uncollapsed menu the article takes full width of a wide screen, with a collapsed it takes only a third. This is definitely not a look I would expect: if I make my window full-width, I expect the text to be full-width either (or see some rubbish adds on the sides, but not on Wikipedia). If I want an article to take just a third of my screen, I know how to resize my window.
 * 1) The logged-out experience is slightly different. Please click the “” link in the top corner. What do you notice that’s different from the logged-in experience? What do you think?
 * I did not understand why the sidebar is collapsed for logged-out but shown for logged-in. Don't we expect logged-out users to look for random articles or donate us?
 * 1) Imagine your main objective is reading an article. What do you think of page layout and the reading experience? How does it compare with the current experience on Wikipedia?
 * Opening a sidebar is not an intuitive way of making the article full-width of the screen, I would rather say it is a counter-intuitive effect. I know many websites have a habit of having narrow windows that do not like nice on wide screens, I prefer to be able to choose the width of the text block.
 * 1) Please add any final thoughts, ideas, or questions.
 * This idea looks a lot like mobile. The things I lack most are categories and interwikis, they are already the reason why I use desktop version even on my mobile phone, I don't want to have to do some specific adjustments on my desktop version either