Wikimedia Research/Design Research/Reading Team UX Research

Want to know more about what UX Research is currently happening on the Reading Team? You've come to the right place!

This page serves as a guide to what the UX/Design Research teams are planning, or in the process of conducting, for the Reading team. It started about one year after the Reading team was formed, so is not complete as of this writing.

Keep checking back for updates, links to other research done in the year before this page was created, and test results. We are striving for as much visibility into this part of the process as possible, and your feedback is welcome! Thanks!

Android

 * Android workflows: define the top workflows encountered with the Android app. Conduct remote, and potentially online, usability tests to understand which workflows work well and which don't work as well as they could. Still in planning phase, no deadline set yet.
 * Reading lists: a prototype for reading lists (a similar feature to Gather, RIP) exists. A usability test will be conducted in Prototype Labs once the prototype is ready. Still in planning phase.

Web

 * Hover cards: this beta feature is up for potentially extending to all wikis. First, it needs to have some design issues fixed, and then will be presented to researchers for building a protocol for usability testing. Still in planning phase.
 * Language Switching: Some design changes are being made with the language switching functionality. We will run a usability test to see how they work on usertesting.com. Still in planning stage pending usable build.
 * Related pages: this feature exists, but it has been flagged by the community as potentially not valuable. Type of testing still being discussed. No plans yet.
 * In-article navigation: it has been requested to possibly look in to testing how users interact with mobile web's non-expanded content sections. Type of testing still being discussed. No plans yet.

iOS

 * Longitudinal studies on Feed. More info on this as we set up plans.
 * Notifications: determine what research already exists on this, and from there decide what we need to do for the app. Still exploring existing research.
 * Search bar: based on user feedback from the last release, we are building a more prominent search bar. Still in design phase. Will run usability test when ready. Still in planning phase.
 * Text size change/accessibility: based on user feedback from the last release, we will be adding functionality to be able to change text size in the app. We are also working with accessibility experts/engineers to continue audits on the app in this area. We will be making improvements as these results come back, and test the results. Still in planning phase.