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Vector meets Commons
An update from the user experience team … Wikimedia Commons, the multimedia repository with over six million assets, has a brand new user interface and navigation today. This is the first roll out of...
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A quick update on Vector acceptance by Commons users
Here’s a quick update on how users of Wikimedia Commons (the image repository for Wikipedia and our other projects) responded to the usability improvements and user interface changes which took place...
View ArticleThe change in interface is coming – Part 2
Following-up the announcement by the user experience team on March 25, the default user interface of Wikimedia Commons was switched to the new user interface on April 5th. The feedback from Commons...
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Simplified Search for Vector
The Vector skin differs in several distinct ways from its predecessor Monobook. One of the most prominent distinctions is the location of search controls, now in the top-right of the screen....
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Commons Gets Collapsible Navigation
Collapsible navigation for Vector's side bar Wikimedia Commons now has a new feature, collapsible navigation for the sidebar of the Vector skin. Now you will see an arrow icon next to the title of each...
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A new look for Wikipedia
(Update 2: The search interface was updated on May 20. This update addresses the problems where search query is truncated under some circumstances, and the problem that search suggestion is cut-off....
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New Wikipedia interface to nine more languages
We’d like to thank users for all the feedback and comments about the new user interface which was enabled to English Wikipedia on May 13, 2010. The summary of feedback will be published soon. I’d like...
View ArticleNew Wikipedia Interface Rollout Continues
The User Experience team is continuing to work with the community to roll out the new Wikipedia interface. As you may know, starting April 2010, we began introducing the new interface on Wikimedia...
View ArticleUsability Improvements: Final Phase of Rollout
Hi, I’m Alolita Sharma, and I’ve recently started working at the Wikimedia Foundation to help program-manage usability and feature-related software development. I wanted to send everyone an update on...
View ArticleRoll-out Completed for Final Phase of Usability Improvements
We successfully completed the roll-out of Phase V for the usability features (the new “Vector” skin and enhanced editing features) to all remaining projects (689 wikis) this past week on September 1st....
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