We just released a few more improvements to Media Viewer, based on community feedback:
The new Disable/Enable features make it much easier to turn Media Viewer on or off, by clicking on a prominent 'cogs' icon, as described in the Help FAQ (2).
Next, we are working on this last 'must-have’ improvement for this release:
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These improvements are based on the most frequent requests from our recent community consultation (3) and user research (4). Learn more about these features on the Media Viewer Improvements page (5), and please let us know what you think on the Media Viewer talk page (6).
Many thanks to all the community members who suggested these improvements. Our user research so far confirms that they provide a better experience for readers and casual editors, our target audience for Media Viewer.
We will send one more update in mid-November, once all these improvements has been released and tested.
Regards as ever,
Fabrice and the Multimedia Team
(1) Pictures of the Day on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day#mediaviewer/File:Meenikunno_maastikukaiteala.jpg(2) Help page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:Media_Viewer#How_can_I_turn_off_this_feature.3F