2023년 11월: Visual changes, more deployments, and shifting focus
Before (?vectorzebradesign=0)After (?vectorzebradesign=1)
New styling inspired by Zebra prototype
As part of Zebra #9 prototype, which we wrote about in the last two updates, we introduced two kinds of visual changes: color-based area separation, and other CSS modifications.As we reported previously, the A/B test didn't prove that the color-based separation was an improvement.We focused on the other CSS modifications instead, and we're implementing these changes now.To preview the difference, you may use URL parameters: ?vectorzebradesign=0 (without the changes) and ?vectorzebradesign=1 (with the changes).The changes are:
Dropdown menus (the sidebar, table of contents, user menu, and tools menu when not pinned) have a lighter outline and drop-shadow.
The "사이드바로 이동"/ "숨기기" buttons in the dropdown menus have a gray background instead of the square brackets.
The main menu no longer has a gray background when it is placed in the side column (when it's pinned). Instead, all menus have the same appearance when placed in the side columns.
The left and right columns have equal width.
Due to the change above, the content width gets slightly narrower when menus are pinned in both columns.
The gap between the table of contents and content area is smaller.
In mid-November, we shipped these changes to the following Wikipedias: French, Catalan, Hebrew, Polish. We are planning on introducing these changes across all the wikis within 2-3 weeks. These will enable future modifications, like the Accessibility for reading menu.
Continuing deployments of the Vector 2022 skin
A video about Vector 2022
Since our last update, we have changed the default skin on a few Wikipedias: Dutch, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian (bokmål), and Swedish. We have also released a short video about the skin. In addition, after receiving all logos from our Design team, we were also ready to continue the wide-scale deployments on sister projects.
The Vector 2022 skin is now the default on all non-English Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiquotes, Wikiversity, as well as on Meta-Wiki.
We are continuing conversations and scheduling deployments to the remainder of sister projects, beginning with non-English Wikisource, Wiktionary, and Wikivoyage.
Some of these projects may need adjustments, like default settings for limited/full-width at namespaces unique to Wikisource.Gadgets or user scripts may need to be updated, too.We gladly make fixes or assist in making them, depending on whether changes need to be made in the skin itself or a community-controlled code.Reach out to us on the Desktop Improvements talk page or write directly to SGrabarczuk (WMF) if you have any questions or requests for further changes.
Focusing on further desktop and mobile readability improvements
The team has shifted focus onto the Accessibility for reading project. We will work on improvements in typography and introduce dark mode to the Vector 2022 and Minerva skins. Please visit the project page for more details and information on how to get involved.
기타 업데이트
2023년 9월: Results from the Content separation (Zebra #9) A/B test
In June 2023, we ran an experiment which compared different content separation layouts of the interface.
This prototype shows the tested design; we're calling it "Zebra".The goal was to improve readability and focus on the content of the page.The experiment tested the prototype design and compared it to the current all-white Vector 2022 design.The results of the experiment showed:
A 3% increase in pageviews per session in the treatment group attributed to Zebra
A 3.4% decrease in edits per session in the treatment group attributed to Zebra
A 17% decrease in the click rate of the table of contents
An 87% increase in the page tool pins per session
After reviewing the settings of our test, we did not find any issues that would result in data inconsistencies.Next, we studied other factors which might affect the results of the test.We noticed that a significant amount of the decrease in edits and pageviews came from screen sizes narrower than 1200 px.We combined these results with the results of our user tests.
These did not indicate significant differences in readability between the test and control designs.
Our conclusion was that the prototype did not, in its tested form, improve readability and could negatively affect edits.
We decided not to proceed with the deployment of this prototype in its tested form.Instead, we plan to improve readability and focus on the content through the following:
Introducing changes to the typography, focused on improving readability and content comprehension.This is the goal of the new project, Accessibility for reading
Introducing improvements to Zebra, optimizing for narrower screens, and repeating the tests.
2023년 5월: 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 .
For more information about dark mode, see the Community Tech's team update where they have handed this most popular Wishlist proposal over to us.In the update, they have also shared some details on how we would be working on this project.
2023년 3월: 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.
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.
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).
2022년 12월: 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 ("폭 제한 모드 사용").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).
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.
2022년 9월: 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.
2022년 8월: Wikimania, visual refinements, and more changes
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.
2022년 7월: Page title/tabs switch
We are deploying one of our latest updates.The page title will be displayed above the tabs such as 토론, 읽기, 편집, 역사 보기, or 더 보기.
With this change, we are improving two things.First, we are making it clear that the items in the tabs are related to the page that's being viewed.It's becoming apparent when we put the page title first.This change also makes switching languages easier.It moved the language button into an even more prominent position at the top of the page.Learn more on Phabricator.
We have been introducing this change in small steps.Since the last days of June, it's been available to all users opted into the Vector 2022 skin, and some early adopter wikis.During the week of July 4, the change will become visible on all the early adopter wikis.
In addition to that, our next office hours will be on July 26 instead of July 12.This will allow us to prepare the communication about making Vector 2022 the default across more wikis.We are also working on better language support for office hours in the future.
More information on this coming soon!
2022년 4월: Table of Contents is available
We have deployed the new table of contents.It makes it easier to gain context of the contents of a page and navigate the page without needing to scroll to the top.
It is currently available to three groups of users.First, all who use Vector 2022 and are not on our pilot wikis.Second and third - 50% of logged-in users of Hebrew and Basque Wikipedias.Next week, we will be A/B testing the table of contents across the rest of our pilot wikis.We would like to check if there's a decrease in the need to scroll to the top of the page.
Before all that, we prepared a series of prototype tests with both readers and editors.To read more about how we worked on the feature based on feedback, please see the project page.
Now, we are working on the feature based on the feedback from users mentioned in the second paragraph.In particular:
ToC on narrower screens.We have increased the threshold for which the ToC currently hides to 1000px.(See T306904 for more context).This was to make it more comfortable to read on narrower screens.This is a temporary fix, though.The conversation about the best solution will continue in T306660.By the end of April/early May we hope to have clear next steps on our preference of the options presented there.
We are beginning the work on reducing the margins for screens between 1000px - 1200px.This will make the table of contents smaller and create more space for text.We will track this in T307004 and will probably have the implementation ready within a few days.
2022년 3월: 목차 개발
저희의 3번째 프로토타입 테스트는 제안된 목차의 압도적인 지지를 보았습니다.
이를 기반으로 저희 팀은 이 기능의 개발에 집중했습니다.
새 목차는 계속 한 자리에 있기 때문에 사용자는 언제든지 목차에 접근할 수 있게 됩니다.
문서의 문맥을 이해하기 더 쉽게 만들어주기도 합니다.
그뿐 아니라 최상단으로 끝까지 스크롤하 않아도 페이지의 여러 부분을 둘러보는 것이 가능해집니다.
저희는 4월 초에 저희 파일럿 위키에 새 목차를 적용할 것으로 예상합니다.
2022년 3월: 문서 도구 피드백
저희 팀은 문서 도구(이른바 일반 문서 도구)에 관한 작업을 시작하고 있습니다.
우리의 목표는 사이드바 안에서 개개의 항목의 목적을 구별하기 더 쉽게 만드는 것입니다.
저희는 현재 제안된 프로토타입의 피드백을 수집하고 있습니다.
여러분의 의견을 기대합니다!
프로토타입 테스트 페이지로 이동하여 폼을 채워 주십시오.
2022년 3월: 고정 헤더가 페이지 최상단으로 스크롤해야 하는 필요성을 줄여주는 것으로 확인
2022년 1월 5일부터 1월 31일까지 저희는 A/B 테스트를 수행했습니다.
저희는 고정 헤더 적용 시 미치는 영향도를 측정하기를 원했습니다.
이 테스트는 저희의 파일럿 위키들 중 22곳에서 수행되었습니다.
새로운 스킨 버전의 트리트먼트 그룹에 속한 로그인한 사용자들은 고정 헤더를 보았습니다.
컨트롤 그룹에 속한 사용자들은 오래된 기능을 보았습니다.
AB 테스트의 주된 목표는 저희의 가설을 시험하는 것이었습니다.
저희는 고정 헤더가 페이지의 최상단까지 스크롤할 필요성을 줄여줄 것이라고 예상했습니다.
전반적으로 저희는 (고정 헤더가 없는) 컨트롤 그룹 대비 (새 고정 헤더가 있는) 트리트먼트 그룹의 15개 파일럿 위키의 로그인한 사용자들에 의해 세션 당 평균 15%의 스크롤 감소를 보았습니다.
나머지 7개 파일럿 위키에서는 거의 활동이 없어서 해당 위키들은 제외했습니다.
결과는 저희의 가설이 옳았음을 입증했습니다.
페이지에 고정 헤더를 추가하여 페이지의 상단까지 스크롤할 필요성을 상당 부분 줄여주었습니다.
전체 보고서 읽기.
2022년 1월: 더 많은 파일럿 위키
데스크톱 개선은 12개 이상의 위키에서 기본값입니다.
해당 위키는 크게 다음과 같습니다: 모로코 아랍어/인도네이사어/태국어/베트남어 위키백과, 프랑스어 위키인용, 포르투갈어/폴란드어 위키뉴스, 베트남어 위키책, 미디어위키 위키.
이 위키들뿐 아니라 저희는 위키미디어 재단 관련 위키들에 변경을 적용했습니다: 위키미디어 재단 거버넌스 위키, 공동 협업 위키, 전략 위키.
현재 약 30개의 파일럿 위키가 있습니다.
Among them, there are wikis of different scripts and sizes, written on all continents, and run both by the communities and the Foundation.
머지않아 적어도 하나의 위키문헌이 해당 목록에 추가되길 희망합니다.
2021년 12월: 고정 헤더 개발
로그인한 사용자를 위한 고정 헤더
저희 팀은 고정 헤더 개발을 작업하고 있습니다.
로그인한 사용자가 페이지를 통해 중요 기능(검색, 토론 문서, 역사 문서, 언어 전환 등)에 접근할 수 있게 합니다.
저희는 고정 헤더의 최초 버전 개발을 마쳤습니다.
이제 우리는 1월 말 파일럿 위키에 A/B 테스트를 적용할 예정입니다.
이 헤더는 프로토타입 테스트의 사용자 테스트 결과와 자발적 사용자들의 답변에 기반을 두었습니다.
2021년 12월: 언어 전환 기능
Earlier this year, we moved the language button to a more convenient location at the top of the page.However, the results of our A/B test indicated that the new location of the button might be difficult to discover in the following cases:
For users that are accustomed to the previous location of the language switching functionality
For users that tend to switch languages across multiple wikis. In the latter case, this created a situation where the language switching functionality was available in different locations depending on the wiki used and whether that wiki was a part of the pilot wikis.
To improve on these issues, we are changing the new language button.Our goal is to make it easier to find across all scenarios.We hope to release these improvements in January 2022.
2021년 12월: 목차 프로토타입 테스트
Over the next few months, our main focus will be on making the table of contents persistent.Currently, the table of contents is available only at the top of the page.It is difficult to gain context on an entire article or page, or to navigate to individual sections, when outside the top of the page.We hope to make the table of contents easier to navigate through a page, as well as to understand its context.
사용자 메뉴는 지금 데스크톱 개선을 활성화한 모든 사용자가 이용할 수 있습니다.
이 메뉴는 새 편집자들과 독자들이 어느 링크가 자신의 개인 도구와 관련되어 있는지 더 쉽게 식별할 수 있게 해줍니다.
이 도구들에는 사용자 문서, 사용자 토론, 주시문서 목록 등이 있습니다.
이는 또한 우리의 페이지 최상단에 시각적인 결합을 가능하게 합니다.
이 변화가 어떻게 이 링크들의 클릭 수에 영향을 미치는지 모니터링할 것입니다.
결과에 기반을 두고 우리는 메뉴 개선을 결정할 것입니다.
게다가 자발적인 참여자들은 주시문서 목록 링크의 위치에 대한 의견을 제시했습니다.
우리는 이에 관한 작업을 하고 있습니다.
상세 내용은 파브리케이터에서 볼 수 있습니다.
2021년 7월: 새 언어 전환 기능
Changes to language switching capabilities on the vector skin
지난 수개월에 걸쳐 저희 팀은 저희 프로젝트의 언어 전환 기능 개선에 집중해 왔습니다.
과거에 언어 링크는 사이드바 메뉴의 하단에서 사용할 수 있었기에 독자와 새 편집자들이 찾기에 애를 먹었습니다.
저희는 버튼을 통해 페이지 최상단에 언어 전환 기능이 나타날 수 있도록 변화를 주었습니다.
저희 프로토타입과 다른 사용자 테스트를 통해 편집자와 독자들의 의견을 기반으로 이 기능을 만들어 왔습니다.
이 기능은 이전 위치와의 사용 실태를 비교할 A/B 테스트를 위해 2021년 6월 기준으로 로그인한 사용자의 50%에 적용되었습니다.
현재 A/B 테스트는 완료되었으며 파일럿 위키의 모든 사용자는 새 언어 전환 기능을 볼 수 있습니다.
2021년 5월과 6월, 저희 팀은 이 프로젝트의 최신 기능 아이디어의 프로토타입에 관해 각기 다른 30개 언어 공동체로부터 의견을 요청했습니다.
이것들은 사용자들이 자신들의 개인 링크를 한 자리에 배치시킬 수 있도록 하는 사용자 메뉴, 그리고 언제든지 기능(예: 편집, 역사 및 토론 문서 접근)에 접근하는 기능을 제공하는 고정 헤더입니다.
이것들 모두 이전에 페이지 최상단에서만 사용이 가능했습니다.
전반적으로 프로토타입에 대한 자신들의 경험을 바탕으로 하여 로그인한 사용자들로부터 답변 305개를 받았습니다.
참여자 대다수가 이 프로토타입에 긍정적인 경험을 보고했습니다.
그러나 고정 헤더의 동작과 관련한 일부 의견 또한 받았습니다.
특히 스크롤할 때만 동작하는 것이 아니라 경험을 통해 영속적일 수 있도록 해달라는 요청이 있었습니다.
우리는 현재 이같이 제안된 변경사항들을 구현하고 있습니다.
우리가 받은 의견 분석 전체 보고서는 이번달 후반에 게시될 것입니다.
2021년 5월: 사용자 테스트 보고서를 지금 볼 수 있습니다
2021년 초, 웹 팀과 디자인 연구팀은 제안된 2가지 기능의 이용 실태를 연구하기 위해 독립된 연구 단체들 세 곳과 계약을 맺었습니다: 고정 헤더와 영속적인 목차.
우리의 목표는 자주 사용되는 기능을 페이지 전반에서 사용할 수 있도록 함으로써 사람들이 자신들에게 필요한 도구를 찾기 위해 페이지의 스크롤을 올리거나 내리는데 들이는 시간을 줄이는 것입니다.
저희는 가나, 인도네시아, 아르헨티나 등 3개의 국가와 영어, 바하사 인도네시아어, 스페인어 등 3개의 언어에 속한 새 독자, 일반 독자, 편집자를 테스트했습니다.
이 보고서는 저희 연구를 통해 발견한 것을 보여주고 있습니다.
전반적으로 제안된 기능들 모두 연구 참가자들로부터 긍정적인 평가를 받았습니다.
2021년 3월: 새 검색 위젯이 파일럿 위키에서 활성화되었으며 A/B 테스트가 로그인 사용자를 대상으로 진행 중입니다
저희는 지금 저희의 새 검색 위젯이 현재의 모든 파일럿 위키에 기본적으로 사용 가능하다는 것을 발표하게 되어 기쁩니다.
이 새로운 검색 기능은 이미지와 설명 등 검색 결과의 문맥을 제공함으로써 검색 경험을 최적화하며 올바른 결과를 찾기 더 쉽게 해줍니다.
또, 로그인한 사용자만을 대상으로 파일럿 위키에 A/B 테스트를 수행하고 있습니다.
A/B 테스트는 로그인한 사용자의 50%에 대해 새 위젯을 제공하며 이를 나머지 50%에 대해 오래된 검색과 비교합니다.
테스트 결과를 통해 우리는 기능의 성공을 측정하고 개선과 단계에 대한 부분을 식별할 수 있습니다.
이 테스트의 소요 기간은 2주로 예정되며 이후 결과를 분석하고 게시할 예정입니다.
2021년 1월: 새 검색 위젯과 그 밖의 일반 업데이트
지난 수개월에 걸쳐 우리는 새 검색 위젯의 작업을 진행했으며 검색을 위해 이미지와 설명 등 문맥을 제공함으로써 현재의 경험을 최적화합니다. 우리가 이번 적용에 일부 지연을 경험했으나 2월 중 어느 시점에 적용이 예정되어 있습니다.
전반적으로, 또 개개의 기능별로 데스크톱 개선 프로젝트의 데이터 중 일부를 검토하기 시작했습니다. 접히는 사이드바의 사용 보고서를 게시했습니다.
데이터에 따르면 로그아웃한 사용자는 로그인한 사용자에 비해 사이드바를 접을 가능성이 더 높습니다.
이 결과는 최종 기본값이 로그인한 사용자에게는 사이드바가 펼쳐진 채로, 로그아웃한 사용자에게는 닫힌 채로 유지하는 것을 기본값으로 두어야 한다는 확신을 줍니다.
또, 우리는 로그인한 사용자가 파일럿 위키에서 데스크톱 개선의 기능을 끄는 비중을 살펴보기 시작했습니다.
로그인한 모든 사용자들이 기능을 끈 평균 비율은 euwiki에서 1.78%, hewiki에서 4.09%였습니다.
활동적인 편집자 기준으로, 이 비율은 5%에서 14% 사이였습니다. 다가올 여러 주 동안 더 자세히 이 데이터를 살펴볼 것입니다.
끝으로, 우리는 앞으로 수개월의 빠른 타임라인을 제공하길 원했습니다.
2021년 2월 - 새 검색 위젯이 파일럿 위키에 적용됩니다. 파일럿 위키 목록은 포르투갈어 위키백과, 터키어 위키백과, 한국어 위키백과, 세르비아어 위키백과, 독일어 위키여행으로 확대됩니다.
2021년 2월 - 로그인한 사용자의 2번째 프로토타입이 있습니다. 2월 중으로 로그인한 사용자에게 고정 헤더와 사용자 메뉴를 위한 2번째 프로토타입을 구동합니다. 이것들을 검토하고 피드백을 주시길 바랍니다!
2021년 3월 - 현재 언어 전환 기능의 개선에 초점을 두고 있습니다. 이 새로운 기능을 올해 3월 파일럿 위키에 적용할 계획입니다.
2020년 9월: 검색 표시줄의 새 위치를 모든 위키에서 이용할 수 있습니다
검색 기능의 새 위치를 모든 프로젝트에 적용했습니다. 새 위치는 기본적으로 얼리 어답터 위키의 익명 사용자들이 기본적으로 사용 가능하며, 다른 모든 사용자의 경우 환경 설정을 통해 사용할 수 있습니다.
또, 우리는 얼리 어답터 위키의 로그인한 사용자를 대상으로 새 위치의 A/B 테스트를 수행했습니다. 로그인한 사용자의 50%는 새 경험을 보고 있으며 다른 50%는 오래된 경험을 보고 있습니다. 이 테스트는 2주간 계속됩니다. 우리의 추정은 새 경험을 하는 그룹이 더 자주 검색하게 될 것이라는 것입니다. 결과는 약 1달 후 공개할 예정입니다.
2020년 7월: 접히는 사이드바, 최대폭, 새로운 헤더를 euwiki, fawiki, frwiktionary, euwiki, ptwikiversity의 모든 사용자가 이용할 수 있습니다
바스크어, 페르시아어, 히브리어 위키백과, 프랑스어 위키낱말사전, 포르투갈어 위키배움터는 현재 새 버전의 벡터 스킨을 기본값으로 수신하였습니다. 현재 이 변화는 접히는 사이드바, 최대 폭, 새 헤더가 포함됩니다. 피드백과 질문의 경우 토론 문서를 방문해 주십시오.
2020년 7월: 접히는 사이드바, 최대폭, 새로운 헤더를 모든 프로젝트의 환경 설정을 통해 이용할 수 있습니다
모든 프로젝트에 접히는 사이드바, 최대 폭, 새 헤더를 사용자의 환경 설정으로 적용했습니다. 선택적으로 활성화하려면 환경 설정 페이지의 보이기 탭으로 이동하고 "레거시 벡터" 옵션의 체크를 해제하십시오. 선택적으로 활성화한 경우 해당 기능들이 준비되는대로 바로 모든 차기 업데이트를 수신하게 됩니다. 피드백과 질문의 경우 토론 문서를 방문해 주십시오.
첫 변화인 접히는 사이드바는 사용자가 페이지 왼쪽의 기나긴 메뉴를 접을 수 있게 합니다. 우리는 이 변화가 읽기, 편집, 관리 등을 목적으로 사용자들이 내용 자체를 집중할 수 있게 함으로써 유용성을 개선한다고 믿습니다.
두 번재 변화는 일반 문서와 토론 문서 등 페이지의 내용에 최대 줄 폭을 도입합니다.
연구들에 따르면 폭을 제한하면 내용에 더 잘 집중할 수 있게 하며 눈의 피로도 또한 줄여줍니다.
(검토된 문헌 목록의 경우 FAQ를 검토해 주십시오)
2020년 6월: 오피스위키의 접히는 사이드바, 새 헤더, 기능 설명
접히는 사이드바를 오피스위키와 테스트위키에 적용했습니다. 접히는 사이드바는 해당 프로젝트 중 한 곳에 들어가거나 프로젝트의 url에 url 변수 ?useskinversion=2를 추가하여 확인하실 수 있습니다.
또, 우리는 심도있는 기능 설명과 분석, 그리고 측정 계획을 포함하여 접히는 사이드바와 헤더 및 로고 변경에 관한 더 자세한 정보를 게시했습니다.
2020년 3월: 독자에 대한 사용자 연구 - 1단계 보고서
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.더 읽어보기
2020년 3월: 프로토타입 피드백의 전체 결과
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.
2020년 2월: 초기 기능 및 전반적인 기능 시퀀스 업데이트
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.
2020년 2월: 피드백 라운드 1 요약
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.
2020년 1월: 언어 전환 사용자 테스트
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.
2019년 12월: 프로토타입 테스트
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.
2019년 10월: 기술 연구 pt 2
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:
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!
Collapsible sidebar prototype for the Desktop improvements project
A sketch of collapsible sections within the sidebar for the Desktop improvements project
Language switcher in article header prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of emphasized language switching options for Desktop improvement project
Sketch of emphasized language switching options on a scrolled page for Desktop improvement project
Sketch of full language panel in new location for Desktop improvements project
Search prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of search results with images and descriptions for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of a minimized search in the site header for Desktop improvements project
Table of contents prototype for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of table of contents off article title for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of table of contents as a sidebar for Desktop improvements project
Consolidated user tools prototype for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of user tools with watchlist and contributions as icons outside of the menu
Article tools prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of page tools as a pin-able menu for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of page tools as a pin-able menu (scrolled page) for the Desktop improvements project
Post-its with feedback on a mockup for the Desktop improvements project
위키마니아 포스터를 위해 업데이트된 위키백과 데스크톱 인터페이스 스케치
2019년 9월: 데스크톱 사용 및 행동 데이터 분석
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.
2019년 8월: 위키마니아의 연구 및 브레인스토밍
위키마니아 세션에 사용된 슬라이드
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.
2019년 8월: 기술 연구
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:
Collapsible sidebar prototype for the Desktop improvements project
A sketch of collapsible sections within the sidebar for the Desktop improvements project
Language switcher in article header prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of emphasized language switching options for Desktop improvement project
Sketch of emphasized language switching options on a scrolled page for Desktop improvement project
Sketch of full language panel in new location for Desktop improvements project
Search prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of search results with images and descriptions for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of a minimized search in the site header for Desktop improvements project
Table of contents prototype for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of table of contents off article title for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of table of contents as a sidebar for Desktop improvements project
Consolidated user tools prototype for Desktop improvements project
Sketch of user tools with watchlist and contributions as icons outside of the menu
Article tools prototype for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of page tools as a pin-able menu for the Desktop improvements project
Sketch of page tools as a pin-able menu (scrolled page) for the Desktop improvements project
Post-its with feedback on a mockup for the Desktop improvements project
위키마니아 포스터를 위해 업데이트된 위키백과 데스크톱 인터페이스 스케치
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