On 8/2/2010 6:12 PM, MZMcBride wrote:
A lot of the complaints I heard regarding the Vector
rollout were based in
the fact that the Wikimedia Usability team has subverted and bastardized the
term "usability" in an attempt to impose purely aesthetic choices on the
broader community.
This reads to me like you're trying to start a fight with the Usability
team, and I don't rightly cotton to that idea. The team is comprised of
many people, all with different opinions to be sure - but they are all
*dedicated to the mission.*
So you should assume good faith, even if you disagree.
And in some cases, the Vector skin has demonstrably
made
the site less usable for "long-term Wikimedia contributors."
I haven't seen any studies or data that supports this claim but I'd be
very interested in seeing this demonstrated.
It is possible for long-term or power-users of Wikimedia software to
change the skin they use if they find serious fault with Vector.