| Revision as of 01:28, 25 April 2014 editFabrice Florin (WMF) (talk | contribs)504 edits Created this discussion page for Media Viewer, to get feedback from English Misplaced Pages users. | Revision as of 18:42, 28 April 2014 edit undoKeegan (WMF) (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled314 edits clean upNext edit → | ||
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| Welcome to our discussion about Media Viewer! | Welcome to our discussion about Media Viewer! | ||
| ] is a new feature under development by the Wikimedia Foundation's ]. It aims to improve the multimedia viewing experience on Misplaced Pages and Wikimedia sites, to display images in larger size and with less clutter, as described ]. | |||
| We now plan to gradually release this tool in coming weeks -- starting with a few pilot tests this month, with wider deployments next month, as described in ]. | |||
| What do you think about Media Viewer? What do you like most? least? How can we improve this feature as we prepare to release more widely? Are there any critical improvements we should consider before we release this tool by default? | |||
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| Can you help us test Media Viewer in coming weeks, before it is released on your site? To try it out, log in on the English Misplaced Pages and click on the small ] next to 'Preferences' in your personal menu. Then check the box next to 'Media Viewer' in the ] section of your user preferences — and click 'Save'. Then click on any thumbnail image on that site to see it in the Media Viewer. For more info, check out ] or this ]. | Can you help us test Media Viewer in coming weeks, before it is released on your site? To try it out, log in on the English Misplaced Pages and click on the small ] next to 'Preferences' in your personal menu. Then check the box next to 'Media Viewer' in the ] section of your user preferences — and click 'Save'. Then click on any thumbnail image on that site to see it in the Media Viewer. For more info, check out ] or this ]. | ||
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| Once you've tried the tool, please share your insights here, to improve this feature together and help plan our next steps. You're also welcome to -- or join ], if you prefer. Thank you for sharing your feedback! ] (]) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC) | Once you've tried the tool, please share your insights here, to improve this feature together and help plan our next steps. You're also welcome to -- or join ], if you prefer. Thank you for sharing your feedback! ] (]) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
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| == Test images == | == Test images == | ||
| Here are some sample images for you to test Media Viewer with. To use this tool, ]. | Here are some sample images for you to test Media Viewer with. To use this tool, ]. ] (]) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC) | ||
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| ⚫ | ===Pictures of the year 2013=== | ||
| When you've tried the tool, please share your feedback here -- or . | |||
| ⚫ | ==Pictures of the year 2013== | ||
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| Note that it takes about two weeks for new improvements to be deployed on English Misplaced Pages. To test the latest features, you can also ] -- or if you are feeling adventurous, try , which is the most current, but slower and less stable. | Note that it takes about two weeks for new improvements to be deployed on English Misplaced Pages. To test the latest features, you can also ] -- or if you are feeling adventurous, try , which is the most current, but slower and less stable. | ||
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| == Media Viewer Launches on More Pilot Sites == | |||
| [[File:Media Viewer Desktop - Large Image Opaque Info.png|thumb|240px| | |||
| Media Viewer lets you view images in larger size, for a more immersive experience.]] | |||
| Greetings! | |||
| I’m happy to announce that we just enabled ] by default on nine more pilot sites: Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Hebrew, Polish, Romanian, Thai, Slovak, and Vietnamese Wikipedias. | |||
| '''1. Overview'''<br> | |||
| We’re releasing Media Viewer gradually, a few wikis at a time, to test it carefully before deploying to the next batch of sites. So far, the tool has been well received on our first pilot sites: Catalan, Hungarian and Korean Wikipedias, as well as on English Wikivoyage, as outlined below. Next Thursday, we plan to deploy to some of our first large wikis, including: Dutch, French, Japanese and Spanish Wikipedias. . | |||
| '''2. Metrics'''<br> | |||
| We’re now logging about 336,000 image views per day on a global basis, . About half of these views are coming from the Hungarian Misplaced Pages, and the rest from Wikimedia Commons, English Misplaced Pages and other pilots. . | |||
| '''3. Performance'''<br> | |||
| We are now tracking image load performance globally, and first results suggest that images take over a second to load on average (50th percentile), but can take up to 5 seconds when looking at worst case for most users (90th percentile), . We’re also encouraged by early comparisons of the time it takes to open an image with Media Viewer versus on a Commons File, the current default: the mean load times for these two methods seem to be very close, on the order of 2-3 seconds on a cold cache, as shown in . | |||
| '''4. Surveys'''<br> | |||
| We are now running surveys in multiple languages, to validate whether or not this feature is useful to readers and editors alike. Overall response so far is generally favorable. Here are the current results: | |||
| * English Survey: 64% find the tool useful, 12% don’t find it useful, 24% are not sure (50) | |||
| * Hungarian Survey: 48% find the tool useful, 46% don’t find it useful, 5% are not sure (271) | |||
| * Catalan Survey: 62% find the tool useful, 15% don’t find it useful, 23% are not sure (13) | |||
| We’re also starting new surveys in French, German and Portuguese. . | |||
| '''5. Usability'''<br> | |||
| For the past few months, we have been running a series of usability studies, with positive results. Testers are typically able to complete most common tasks successfully, and they have helped us find new ways to improve the user experience for features they found confusing. . | |||
| '''6. Your feedback'''<br> | |||
| How can we improve Media Viewer? Are there any critical issues that should be addressed for this first release? Please let us know what you think of this tool here on this discussion page. We’d also be grateful if you could , to let us know how Media Viewer works for you. It only takes a minute and means a lot to us :) | |||
| Many thanks to all the team and community members who are making this launch possible! Enjoy ... ] (]) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC) | |||
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Revision as of 18:42, 28 April 2014
Welcome to our discussion about Media Viewer!
Can you help us test Media Viewer in coming weeks, before it is released on your site? To try it out, log in on the English Misplaced Pages and click on the small 'Beta' link next to 'Preferences' in your personal menu. Then check the box next to 'Media Viewer' in the Beta Features section of your user preferences — and click 'Save'. Then click on any thumbnail image on that site to see it in the Media Viewer. For more info, check out these testing tips or this Help page.
Once you've tried the tool, please share your insights here, to improve this feature together and help plan our next steps. You're also welcome to take this quick survey -- or join this wider discussion on MediaWiki.org, if you prefer. Thank you for sharing your feedback! Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
Test images
Here are some sample images for you to test Media Viewer with. To use this tool, check out these testing tips. Fabrice Florin (WMF) (talk) 01:28, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
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