Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/pt-br

: User links menu
The user menu is now available for all users opted into Desktop Improvements. This menu makes it easier for new editors and readers to identify which links are related to their personal tools. These tools are: user page and talk page, watchlist, etc. It also allows for visual cohesion at the top of our pages.

We are monitoring how the change impacts the number of clicks to these links. Based on the results, we may decide to improve the menu. In addition, volunteers have commented on the position of the watchlist link. We are working on this. Details are available on Phabricator.

Julho, 2021:Nova funcionalidade para alteração de idioma
Durante os últimos meses, a equipe tem estado focada em melhorar a funcionalidade para alteração de idioma em nossos projetos. Anteriormente, os links de idiomas estavam disponíveis no fim do menu lateral, e eram dificilmente achados por leitores e editores novatos. Nós realizamos uma alteração que permite que a funcionalidade para trocar de idioma apareça no topo da página como um botão. Nós construímos esta funcionalidade baseado no comentário de editores e leitores sobre nosso protótipo e outros testes.

A funcionalidade foi implantada para 50% dos usuários registrados em junho de 2021 para que fosse realizado um teste A/B que irá comparar o uso em relação à posição anterior. Atualmente, o teste A/B foi concluído e todos os usuários nas wikis piloto devem ter acesso à nova funcionalidade para troca de idiomas.

Julho, 2021: Publicação do relatório do teste do protótipo em breve
Em maio e junho de 2021, a equipe pediu comentários de 30 comunidades de diferentes idiomas sobre um protótipo das ideias de recursos mais recentes do projeto. Estes recursos eram o menu de usuário, que permitirão os usuários a terem suas ligações pessoais em um único lugar, e um cabeçalho fixo que permite acessar recursos (ex.: edição, histórico e página de discussão) a qualquer momento. Anteriormente, estes dois recursos estavam disponíveis somente no topo da página. Em geral, recebemos 305 respostas de usuários registrados sobre sua experiência com os protótipos.

A maioria dos participantes indicaram uma experiência positiva com o protótipo. Entretanto, recebemos também alguns comentários sobre o comportamento do cabeçalho fixo. Em particular, recebemos pedidos para que o comportamento fosse persistente durante toda a experiência, ao invés de somente ativo ao rolar a página. Estamos atualmente implementando essas sugestões.

Um relatório completo da análise do feedback que recebemos será publicado mais tarde neste mês.

Maio de 2021: Relatório do teste com usuários publicado
No início de 2021, as equipes de Web e de Pesquisa de Design contrataram três grupos de pesquisa independentes para estudar o uso dos dois recursos propostos: um cabeçalho fixo e um índice persistente. Noss objetivo era permitir que ferramentas muito utilizadas estivessem disponíveis ao longo da página toda, assim reduzindo a necessidade de rolar a página para cima ou para baixo em busca dessas ferramentas. Testamos com novos leitores, leitores casuais e editores de três países diferentes – Gana, Indonésia e Argentina – e em três idiomas diferentes – inglês, indonésio e espanhol. Este relatório mostra os resultados de nossos estudos. Em geral, ambos os recursos foram recebidos positivamente pelos participantes do estudo.

: New search widget live on pilot wikis, A/B test in progress for logged-in users
We are happy to announce that our new search widget is now available on all of our current pilot wikis by default. The new search functionality optimizes the search experience by providing context on search results, such as images and descriptions, making it easier to find the correct results.

We are also performing an A/B test on pilot wikis, for logged-in users only. The A/B test provides the new widget for 50% of logged-in users and compares it to the old search for the remaining 50%. The results of the test will allow us to measure the success of the feature and to identify areas for improvement and iteration. The test will run for 2 weeks, after which, we will analyze and publish the results.

: New search widget and other general updates
Over the past few months, we have been working on the new search widget, which will optimize the current experience by providing context, such as images and descriptions, for searches. While we have experienced some delays with this deployment, we are currently scheduled to deploy some time in February.

We have also begun reviewing some of the data on the Desktop Improvements project as a whole, as well as on individual features. We have published a report on the usage of the collapsible sidebar. According to the data, logged-out users are more likely to keep the sidebar collapsed than logged-in users. These results gave us confidence that our eventual default will be keeping the sidebar open for logged-in users and closed for logged-out users.

In addition, we also have begun looking at the rates at which logged-in users are opting out of the desktop improvements on our pilot wikis. The average opt-out rates for all logged-in users were between 1.78% on euwiki and 4.09% on hewiki. For active editors, the range was between 5% and 14%. We will be looking at this data in more detail in the weeks to come.

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.