Reading/Multimedia/Retrospectives/2018-09-27

2018-09-27

Previous Action Items


 * Pam and Max to talk Phab and tracking design documentation [Didn't happen]


 * Amanda to come to retros, calendar-RSVP hygiene [Done, yay]

Where are we today?


 * Tech


 * Main issue is when a page doesn't have a MediaInfo slot, it doesn't know that it "should". [PageTypeHandler] / T205459


 * Also, having to work off hacked-together stuff because MCR is currently getting confused by revision IDs. T194729


 * SlotRoleHandler stuff / T194046


 * Position on page


 * Hard-coded "title" of the slot


 * Search back-end (injection?) stuff is also pretty scary, might be a bigger issue / T190066


 * It's disappointing how even Beta Cluster deployment keeps slipping back because of all these things.


 * Depicts statements


 * Announced our (initial) nixing of hierarchy traversal to community; they're understanding


 * Lots of desire to organise display of depicts statements in a "folded" way.


 * Need to work on display, search, and entry UX concepts.


 * Search is hard [cue lots of in-depth discussion]


 * Non-tech


 * Using the delay to spend time doing user testing


 * On our custom Labs instance? Most likely (no other way to do it that Pam knows of)


 * Might not have the time to act on findings.

Parking Lot


 * How is Google Meet working for folks?


 * A few teams are exploring non-Google alternatives because they miss Hangouts


 * What are these alternatives?


 * [Mark] I find it sufficient, even if some of the keyboard shortcuts are a little more tedious (in Hangouts, tab+space would join a meeting, in Meet you really need to use the mouse unless you want to tab for 2 minutes or so)


 * meh to Meet


 * One "real" retro since June 21


 * Are they necessary?


 * Are we missing something from them?


 * Maybe a chance to reflect on what retros are for, and affirm that we are getting that value otherwise



Action Items


 * Pam and Max to talk Phab and tracking design documentation [Re-scheduled]


 * Amanda to talk to Caitlin about likely deployment dates for file captions