On 01/29/2013 02:16 PM, Matthew Flaschen wrote:
You can take
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44448 as one
scenario for how it happens/might happen in practice. This is
specifically a proposed change to Vector.
Thank you!
Thinking of other ways of getting closer to implementation and therefore
to convincing proposals...
Of course the definitive one is to create a new skin based on your
design concept and promote it so people can use it in test / 3rd party
wikis. But this might be too tough for some as a proof of concept
exercise, and still won't motivate many Wikipedia users willing to try
the skin in their beloved Wikipedia.
Could Greasemonkey scripts be an alternative to offer a functional
prototype? Can our own userscripts cover that role?
At least this would allow a path to UX contributors to build
alternatives and offer a simple way for Wikipedia community members to
try them out. This would start discussions probably more productive
(from both sides) than the ones you can reach with mockups alone.
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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil