Ok, I've been thinking about this for a bit. my suggestion is this…


We create 3 more controls
Finalize 2 controls
  • Check box (disabled state, disabled checked)
  • Vform (vertical padding)
Then let's make a Beta feature to allow people to test and see medaiwiki.ui in context in vector(at least) and report problems.

I'd love to be able to provide a fixed element on screen that allows someone to quickly and easily report problems with a control on a particular page (isn't using mediawiki.ui style, isn't using right type (progressive, constructive, destructive) and right style normal, quiet, etc. and any issues around order or logic, e.g. on WTE Save should be the rightmost according to mediawiki.ui guidelines and there are too many Primary style buttons. 

Jon, perhaps you could brainstorm a fixed header element that allows someone to report an issue on their current page that generates bug reports or emails or something along those lines? 

Is there any way we could accelerate fixes reported by users more than our normal time span of 2-3 weeks? cc'ing Greg for his thoughts here about a way to do this without breaking things. 

This won't be our first Beta feature that is more for learning and testing with no plans to graduate but we should be clear that that's what its for in the description on the beta page, so people can give helpful and constructive feedback knowing that it will be an iterative process. 



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On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Jared Zimmerman <jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Matt, 

This is very helpful, thank you.



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On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 9:54 AM, quiddity <pandiculation@gmail.com> wrote:
I added some links to the Main Page at http://mwui.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page pointing towards basic demos of the UI changes. Hope that's ok.

Is there a rough ETA for the radio-button and drawer-menu changes? Those seem to be the two most confusingly-contrasting old UI elements, in most special pages.


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:25 PM, Matthew Flaschen <mflaschen@wikimedia.org> wrote:
On 08/18/2014 08:36 PM, Jon Robson wrote:
Thanks Matt, the problem with this approach is I don't have an account
and I'm too lazy to make yet another one and I am going to forget the
URL in a weeks time, so I worry about the coverage this will get from
designers/devs. :)

I've enabled anonymous editing.  Also, feel free to make and use throw-away accounts (it's still necessary to test certain things).

As far as the name, I'm not sure how to make that one more memorable. :)

I'll forward my previous email to Wikitech as well.


Matt Flaschen

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