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最近更新

2023年5月: Continuing work on Vector 2022, and making plans for the new fiscal year

We have been focusing on continuing deployments across remaining wikis and running experiments for further improvements.

We have also done some work on the plans for future projects.

  • Rollouts. Vector 2022 is now the default skin on Polish and Spanish Wikipedias, and French Wikinews. We are also discussing with the Chinese Wikipedia community. Special gratitude to everyone who helps us and editors have better understanding in the discussions, find and resolve bugs, and explain decisions. If the community of your wiki would like our skin to become the default, please reach out to us!
  • Experiment: toggle indicator. We have launched an experiment which introduces an indicator pointing to the fixed width toggle. This is to ensure that readers are aware of the location of the toggle and able to switch between full and fixed width. (T335307)
  • Content separation (Zebra #9) A/B test. We will run an experiment that compares different content separation layouts for the interface (based on this prototype). The experiment will be run in May across a set of 10 large to medium-sized Wikipedias. Once the experiment is complete, we will analyze the data and continue the process of selecting the best page layout. Read more about the on-wiki test here. For more information, check our documentation on the previous user testing experiment. Many thanks to everyone who has commented on this topic on our project talk page, on other wikis, or at online meetings with us! (T333180, T335972)
  • Plans for the future. In the next fiscal year of the Foundation, we'll be working on new projects. We invite you to read the draft of the Wikimedia Foundation annual plan, section Infrastructure, Bucket: Wiki Experiences. Also, read the more detailed description "WE2: Reading and media experience". This is the part our team will focus on. Among others, dark mode and reading lists are mentioned as examples of the possible projects. We will be glad to read your comments on the talk pages of the linked Meta-Wiki pages. Post in any language! The deadline is .

2023年3月: Vector 2022 on more wikis and other updates

Over the past few months, the team has been preparing and changing the skin on the largest Wikipedias.

Vector 2022 has become the default for all logged-in and logged-out users on Czech and English Wikipedias.

Since then, we have been discussing further improvements to the skin with the communities. As a result of these discussions as well as working on the previous plans, we've implemented many changes. These include:

  • Persistence and availability of the full width toggle. The full width toggle (available at the bottom of the page) is now persistent for both logged-out and logged-in users. This means that they see the width of their choice in spite of refreshing the page or opening a new one. The toggle is also available at narrower screen widths.
  • New page tools menu.
    • It allows for a separation between navigation related to the entire wiki and tools related to a specific page. In the first group there are, for example, Main page and Random page. In the second group there are, for example, What links here, Related changes, and Cite this page. The new menu also collects the page-specific tools in a single menu. Before, some of these links were the main menu (sidebar) or in the More menu (next to History). Our goal is to make it easier for new readers and editors to understand what these links do. Users also may pin and unpin the new menu. More information is available on the project page.
    • Making this change also has the benefit of showing the table of contents further up the page. Now, people need to scroll down to see the table of contents more rarely. This is one of the concerns we've been hearing over the last couple of days and hope this addresses it.
  • Moving the log-in link outside of the drop-down menu for logged-out users. This change makes it quicker to reach the log-in link, without requiring logged-out users to open the drop-down menu.
  • Various small improvements to the Table of Contents (ToC):
    • Increase the height of the ToC. This will allow the ToC to appear longer, and for more sections to be visible (T319315).
    • Where the page lands when clicking on a ToC link (T314419). We've heard that the ToC opens too close to the beginning of a section, without giving any space for the title and previous section. This change will increase this space, making it more comfortable when navigating.
    • Threshold for when a section is considered active, and marked in the ToC (T317661). We have also heard that a section is considered active only after the user has scrolled the previous section out of view. This had lead to some confusion on the active state. This change will allow sections to be shown as active earlier, when the majority of the section is displayed on the screen.
    • Navigating directly to sub-sections and expand the parent section if collapsed (T325086). Some of the feedback relates to the way that subsections appear on the page. We've heard that subsections should appear more consistently when needed. This change ensures that subsections are open when the user opens a direct link to that subsection.

Upcoming changes and explorations

We are currently working on the following changes:

  • Page layout. We wanted to address one of the main concerns which has come out of the feedback around the skin so far. It's about the separation of content, and the brightness of the interface. We've developed a prototype we would like to get your feedback on. How should we measure the potential changes as compared to the current layout? We've posted more details and specific questions on the talk page. There are a few sections for discussions in different languages. Add your comments and questions there!
  • Configuration of the table of contents. We want to allow the ToC to be more configurable. Then, editors could determine when the ToC needs to be expanded or collapsed by default, and how many sections of the ToC can be shown by default. This will replicate the functionality of some of the "magic words" used in the ToC. It will be especially useful on pages like the Village Pump or coordination pages in the Wikipedia namespace (T317818).

其他更新

2022年12月: More deployments, full width toggle, page tools, and other updates

For the past few months, our focus has been on discussing deployments across various large wikis.

This includes English Wikipedia. Its community has agreed to have Vector 2022 as the default under some conditions. We have addressed those.

Currently, we are discussing next steps with the English Wikipedia community.

We have also been switching the skin on in the majority of Wikipedias.

Currently, there are ~300 Wikipedias with the default of Vector 2022. Last week, the skin became the default on Arabic and Greek Wikipedias.

We hope to get to all the Wikipedias by the end of February 2023.  

As a result of the feedback we've received, we've made more changes to the skin itself:

Limited width

  • We have built a preference for logged-in users which allows for the width to be set across pageviews and wikis. The preference is available in the appearance section of the preferences page ("启用限制页面宽度的模式"). It may also be set as a global preference.
  • We have built a toggle for logged-in and logged-out users. The toggle is available on every page if the monitor is 1600 pixels or wider. Selecting the toggle increases the width of the page.

Page tools

  • Moving the page tools to the right side of the page. This change is about grouping the page tools, and creating separation from the wiki-wide tools. This change also addresses the concern for the location of the table of contents. It makes the sidebar (left menu) shorter and thus shifts the table of contents further up in the page.
  • We hope to make the updated tools menu available by the end of December, 2022. If you want to follow the development by previewing how the feature works, add ?vectorpagetools=1 to the URL (if you're using Vector 2022 already) or ?useskin=vector-2022&vectorpagetools=1 (if you're not using Vector 2022).

Accessibility

No major concerns were found. We are tracking the suggestions for further improvements. We are also addressing potential future improvements.

The details are documented in T323634.

Sticky header

We have added an edit button to the sticky header to make access to editing the full page easier (without requiring scrolling to the top of the page).

  • People were more likely to complete the edits they start using the sticky header in comparison to the edits initiated using other edit buttons on the page.
  • The edits people started by clicking the edit button in the sticky header, and ultimately published, were reverted less often than those initiated using other edit buttons on the page.

2022年9月: Plans and conversations about the deployment across the Wikimedia wikis

  • High usage on the early adopter wikis. According to the recent study by the Product Analytics team, 87% of contributors active on the early adopter wikis use Vector 2022. Here, active contributors mean users who made at least 5 edits between 1 November 2021 and 31 August 2022. Thank you!
  • Visual refinements. We have completed the list of visual refinements. We planned to complete these before the deployments across more wikis. These changes included work on link colors, icons, and overall look and feel of Vector 2022. We welcome feedback and questions on any of these changes. Write to us on the project talk page.
  • Decision of the English Wikipedia community through the Request for Comment. For the past two months, we have been discussing with the English Wikipedia community. English Wikipedians have identified issues blocking the deployment of Vector 2022 on their home wiki. They have also requested that the decision on the deployment be made through the Request for Comment process. Our draft is now available. We're planning to launch the RfC on Wednesday, September 21. If you edit English Wikipedia, we encourage you to take part!
  • Deployment plans across other projects. We are planning deployment conversations across all of the other Wikimedia projects. We will first begin with the smallest wikis. By the smallest, we mean smaller than top 30 largest active communities. We hope to complete this during the first week of October, 2022. Then, we will begin conversations on medium to large-size wikis. Dates will depend on the consensus across individual communities.
  • More community-facing activities
    • We have posted a new essay on the Diff blog. It has a title Prioritizing equity within Wikipedia's new desktop. The essay is about why and how different groups of users were represented throughout the process of building Vector 2022.
    • We have published the expanded Frequently asked questions page. Take a look and tell us if it's useful. Soon, we will make it possible to translate it.
    • We also display banners encouraging to try out Vector 2022. The banners are only visible for logged-in users having Vector legacy (2010), the current default skin.

2022年8月: Wikimania, visual refinements, and more changes

Slides to our Wikimania 2022 presentation. You may also listen to the recording on YouTube.

Having the structural changes to the features done, we are finishing development of Vector 2022. In particular:

  • We are working on the visual refinements. We will be changing the styles, link colors, font size, content area width, and more. This is based on the results of the feedback we received from our last round of prototype testing.
  • We are releasing updates to the table of contents (ToC) based on the feedback we've received from communities. These updates will make the ToC easier to use on smaller and larger screens. There will be more customization than before. Over the next few weeks, you will see the following changes:
    • The table of contents will be collapsible at all screen sizes
    • Once collapsed, the ToC will be available at the top of the page, next to the article title, as well as in the sticky header
  • The Editing team, whose focus is currently on improving talk pages, has added an "add topic" button to the sticky header on talk pages. This will make it easier to start a new topic on a talk page from any part of the page, without having to scroll to the very top. See their project page for more information on this change and the project overall.

We have also continued discussions on how to make Vector 2022 the default for more communities. Your feedback is helping us make the skin better. We appreciate that. Let's meet again! On Saturday August 13, we are having a session at Wikimania, and a separate meeting for questions and answers right after that.

2022年7月:页面标题/标签切换

我们正在部署我们的最新更新之一。 页面标题将显示在选项卡上方,例如讨论、阅读、编辑、查看历史或更多。

通过这一变化,我们正在改进两件事。 首先,我们要明确标签中的项目与正在查看的页面相关。 当我们将页面标题放在首位时,这一点变得很明显。 此更改还使切换语言更容易。 它将语言按钮移到页面顶部更显眼的位置。 了解有关Phabricator的更多信息

我们一直在逐步引入这种变化。 自6月的最后几天以来,所有选择加入Vector 2022皮肤的用户和一些早期采用者wiki都可以使用它。 在7月4日这一周,所有早期采用者wiki上都将显示更改。

除此之外,我们的下一个办公时间将是7月26日而不是7月12日。 这将使我们能够准备有关使Vector 2022成为更多wiki的默认设置的沟通。 我们还在努力为未来的办公时间提供更好的语言支持。 更多信息即将推出!

2022年4月:提供目录

我们已经部署了新的目录。 它使获取页面内容的上下文和导航页面变得更容易,而无需滚动到顶部。

它目前可供三组用户使用。 首先,所有使用Vector 2022并且不在我们的试点维基上的人。 第二和第三 - 50%的希伯来语和巴斯克语维基百科的登录用户。 下周,我们将对其余试点wiki的目录进行A/B测试。 我们想检查滚动到页面顶部的需求是否减少。

在此之前,我们为读者和编辑准备了一系列原型测试。 要了解更多关于我们如何根据反馈开发该功能的信息,请参阅项目页面。

现在,我们正在根据第二段中提到的用户反馈开发该功能。 尤其是:

  • 较窄屏幕上的ToC。 我们已将ToC当前隐藏的阈值提高到1000像素。 (有关更多上下文,请参阅T306904)。 这是为了让在更窄的屏幕上阅读更舒适。 不过,这是一个临时修复。 关于最佳解决方案的讨论将在T306660中继续。 到4月底/5月初,我们希望就我们对那里提出的选项的偏好有明确的下一步措施。
  • 我们开始着手减少1000像素到1200像素之间的屏幕边距。 这将使目录更小,并为文本创造更多空间。 我们将在T307004中跟踪这一点,并且可能会在几天内准备好实施。

2022年3月:开发目录

我们的第三次原型测试的结果显示了对拟议目录的压倒性支持。 基于此,团队专注于开发此功能。 新的目录将是持久的——用户可以随时访问它。 它还将使您更容易理解页面的上下文。 除此之外,还可以导航到页面的不同部分,而无需一直滚动到顶部。 我们预计在4月上半月将新目录部署到我们的试点wiki。

2022年3月:页面工具反馈

该团队正在开始研究页面工具(有时称为文章工具)。 我们的目标是更容易区分侧边栏中各个项目的用途。 我们目前正在收集有关我们提议的原型的反馈。 我们期待着听到您的想法! 请访问我们的原型测试页面并填写表格。

2022年3月:粘性标题确认减少滚动到页面顶部的需要

从2022年1月5日到1月31日,我们进行了A/B 测试。 我们想评估部署粘性标头的影响。 该测试在我们的22个试点wiki上运行。 被分配到具有新皮肤版本的治疗组的登录用户看到了粘性标题。 对照组中的用户看到了旧功能。

AB检验的主要目的是检验我们的假设。 我们一直期望粘性标题会减少滚动到页面顶部的需要。 总体而言,与对照组(没有粘性标题)相比,我们看到治疗组(使用新的粘性标题)的15个试点wiki上的登录用户每次会话的滚动量平均减少了15%。 在剩下的7个试点wiki上,活动太少,我们将它们排除在外。 结果表明我们的假设是正确的。 将粘性标题添加到页面显着减少了滚动到页面顶部的需要。 阅读完整报告

2022年1月:更多试点维基

桌面改进是另外12个wiki的默认设置。 最重要的是:摩洛哥阿拉伯语、印度尼西亚语、泰语和越南语维基百科、法语维基语录、葡萄牙语和波兰语维基新闻、越南语维基教科书和MediaWiki。 除此之外,我们还启用了维基媒体基金会相关维基的更改:维基媒体基金会治理维基、协作维基和战略维基。 目前,有近30个试点wiki。 其中,有不同文字和大小的维基,写在各大洲,由社区和基金会共同运行。 我们希望很快,至少有一个维基文库将被添加到该列表中。

2021年12月:粘性标题开发

登录用户的粘性标题

该团队一直致力于构建粘性标题。 它将允许登录用户访问整个页面的重要功能(搜索、讨论页、历史记录页、语言切换等)。 我们已经完成了第一版粘性标题的开发。 现在,我们预计在1月底之前将A/B测试部署到试点维基。 标题基于我们用户测试的结果和志愿者对原型测试的回答。

2021年12月:语言切换迭代

今年早些时候,我们将语言按钮移到了页面顶部更方便的位置。 但是,我们的A/B测试结果表明,在以下情况下可能难以发现按钮的新位置:

  • 对于习惯了语言切换功能的先前位置的用户
  • 适用于倾向于在多个wiki之间切换语言的用户。在后一种情况下,这会造成语言切换功能在不同位置可用的情况,具体取决于所使用的wiki以及该wiki是否是试点wiki的一部分。

为了改善这些问题,我们正在更改新的语言按钮。 我们的目标是在所有场景中更容易找到。 我们希望在2022年1月发布这些改进。

2021年12月:目录的原型测试

在接下来的几个月中,我们的主要重点将是使目录持久化。 目前,目录仅在页面顶部可用。 当超出页面顶部时,很难获得整篇文章或页面的上下文,或者导航到各个部分。 我们希望使目录更容易在页面中导航,以及理解其上下文。

我们将在接下来的几周内发布我们的研究、进一步的文档和模型。 同时,我们欢迎您在此页面上向我们提供有关我们当前原型的反馈

2021年8月: 用户链接菜单

user menu可供所有选择桌面改进的用户使用。 此菜单使新编辑和读者更容易识别哪些链接与他们的个人工具有关。 这些工具是:用户页和讨论页,监视列表等。 它还允许在我们的页面顶部的视觉衔接。

我们正在监视更改如何影响这些链接的点击数。 根据结果,我们可能决定改进菜单。 此外,志愿者们还对监视列表链接的位置进行了评论。 我们正在这个上努力。 详情见Phabricator

2021年7月: 新的语言切换功能

Changes to language switching capabilities on the vector skin

在过去的几个月里,团队一直专注于改善我们项目的语言切换功能。 以前,语言链接在侧栏菜单的底部,读者和新用户很难找到。 我们做了一个改变,允许语言切换功能出现在页面的顶部通过一个按钮。 我们根据用户和读者使用我们的原型设计和其他用户测试中得到的意见建立了这个功能。

2021年6月,该功能被部署到50%的登录用户中,以便进行A/B对比测试,将使用情况与之前的位置进行比较。 目前,A/B测试已经完成,试点维基的所有用户应该能够看到新的语言切换功能。

2021年7月: 新版顶部栏原型设计即将部署

一个早期概念的用户菜单,2019年1月

2021年5月和6月,团队要求30个不同的语言社区对项目的最新功能想法的原型进行反馈。 这些是用户菜单,它将允许用户把他们的个人链接都放在一个地方,以及固定的“粘性”标题,使用户能够一直访问各种功能(例如编辑、访问历史和谈话页)。 这两样东西以前都只在页面的顶部提供。 总的来说,我们收到了来自登录用户的305个关于他们对原型的体验的回复。

绝大多数参与者表示对这一设计有积极的体验。 然而,我们也收到了一些围绕粘性标题操作的反馈。 特别是,有人要求让它在整个体验过程中持续存在,而不是只在滚动时才被触发。 我们目前正在实施这些建议的修改。

关于我们收到的反馈意见的全面分析报告将在本月晚些时候公布。

2021年5月: 用户测试报告现已发布

2021年初,Web团队和设计研究团队承包了三个独立的研究小组,研究两个拟议功能的使用情况:一个修正了粘性版头和一个持久的目录。 我们的目标是让经常使用的功能在整个页面中都可用,从而减少人们在页面中上下滚动寻找所需工具的时间。 我们测试了三个不同国家的新读者,临时读者和编辑-加纳,印度尼西亚和阿根廷和三种不同的语言-英语,印尼语和西班牙语。 这份报告显示了我们的研究结果。 总体而言,这两个提出的特征都得到了研究参与者的积极响应。

2021年3月: 新的搜索小工具在试点维基上上线,针对登录用户的A/B对比测试正在进行中

我们很高兴地宣布,我们的新搜索小部件现在默认情况下可以在我们目前所有的试点Wiki上使用。 新的搜索功能通过提供搜索结果的上下文(如图片和描述)来优化搜索体验,从而更容易找到正确的结果。

我们还在试点Wiki上执行仅针对登录用户的A/B测试。 A/B测试为50%的登录用户提供了新的小部件,并将其与剩余50%的旧搜索进行了比较。 测试的结果将运行我们测量该特性的成功性,并确定需要改进和迭代的领域。 该测试将进行两周,之后,我们将分析并发表结果。

2021年1月:新的搜索工具和其他一般更新

在过去的几个月里,我们一直在开发新的搜索小工具,它将通过为搜索提供上下文(如图片和描述)来优化当前的体验。虽然我们在部署过程中遇到了一些延误,但我们目前计划在2月份进行部署

我们还开始审查关于整个桌面改进项目以及个别功能的一些数据。我们发布了一份关于可折叠侧边栏使用情况的报告。 根据数据显示,已注销的用户比已登录的用户更偏好保持侧边栏的折叠状态。 这些结果给了我们信心,我们最终的默认值将是对登录用户保持侧边栏展开,而对注销用户保持侧边栏关闭。

此外,我们还开始研究登录用户在我们的试点维基上选择退出桌面版改进的比率。 所有登录用户的平均退出率在euwiki的1.78%和hewiki的4.09%之间。 对于活跃编者来说,这个范围在5%到14%之间。我们将在未来几周内更详细地研究这些数据。

最后,我们想给出未来几个月的时间线

  • 2021年2月:新的搜索小工具部署到试点维基(pilot wikis)上。试点维基列表将扩大到葡萄牙语维基百科、土耳其语维基百科、韩语维基百科、塞尔维亚语维基百科和德语维基导游。
  • 2021年2月:针对登录用户的第二轮原型测试。我们将在今年2月对登录用户进行第二轮的固定头部和用户菜单的原型测试。我们鼓励大家对这些原型进行审查,并向我们反馈!
  • 2021年3月:我们目前的重点是改进语言切换功能。我们计划在今年3月将新功能部署到我们的试点维基上。

2020年9月:搜索栏的新位置现于所有维基中可用

我们已将搜索功能的新位置部署到所有项目。新位置默认对所有早期采用者维基的匿名用户启用,其他用户可通过首选项启用。

我们还在早期采用者维基上对已登录用户进行新位置的A/B测试。50%的登录用户看到了新体验,而其他50%的用户看到了旧体验。该测试将持续两周。我们的假设是,拥有新体验的小组会更频繁地搜索。结果将在大约一个月内提供。

2020年7月:可收起的侧边栏、有限制的宽度和新头部现在对euwiki、fawiki、frwiktionary、euwiki和ptwikiversity的所有用户可用

现在,巴斯克语、波斯语和希伯来语维基百科以及法语维基词典和葡萄牙语维基学院都已收到新版本的Vector皮肤。目前,这些更改包括可折叠的侧边栏、最大宽度和新的头部。对于反馈和问题——请前往我们的讨论页

2020年7月:可收起的侧边栏、有限制的宽度和新头部现在可作为所有项目的选项

现在,我们已经将可收起的侧边栏、最大宽度和新头部作为用户选项部署到所有项目。要选择加入,请前往偏好设置页面上的外观选项卡,然后取消选中“旧版Vector”选项。一旦选择加入,您将在它们准备好后立即收到所有未来的更新。对于反馈和问题——请前往我们的讨论页

我们的第一个更改是可收起的侧边栏,它允许用户折叠页面左侧的冗长菜单。我们相信这项变化通过让人们专注于内容本身——阅读、编辑或审核以提高可用性。

我们的第二项更改是为文章页和讨论页等页面的内容引入了最大行宽。 研究表明,限制宽度可以更好地保留内容,同时减少眼睛疲劳。 (请查阅我们的FAQ以获取所查阅文献的列表)

2020年6月:officewiki上的可收起侧边栏、新头部、功能描述

我们在官方Wiki和测试Wiki上部署了我们的可折叠侧边栏。您可以转到这两个项目中的任何一个,或者附加url参数?useskinversion=2到任何项目上的URL。

此外,我们还公布了更多关于可折叠侧边栏页眉和徽标更改的详细信息,包括深入的特性描述和分析测量计划。

2020年3月:读者的用户研究——第一阶段报告

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

2020年3月:原型反馈的完整结果

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.

2020年2月:有关初始功能和整体功能序列的更新

  • We have began building the opting-in and opting-out structure for the project.

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.

2020年2月:第一轮反馈摘要

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.

2020年1月:语言切换用户测试

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.

2019年12月:原型测试

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.

2019年10月:技术研究第二部分

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:

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

2019年9月:维基媒体国际会议研究报告

2019年维基媒体国际会议研究的PDF摘要(英语)

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!

2019年9月:桌面版使用情况和行为数据分析

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.

2019年8月:维基媒体国际会议上的研究和头脑风暴

Slides used in the Wikimania session

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.

2019年8月:技术研究

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: