On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Jared Zimmerman <jared.zimmerman@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thanks for this summary S, the "living style guide" mentioned in https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/UX_standardization will include not only the visual styling of agora controls but best practices for using them. e.g. things like order of buttons (primary CTA rightmost) and what types of buttons should be disabled when invalid input is detected (places where a post would result in an error) as well as when to use different styles of buttons. 

Can the UX team please write the copy for these best practices now, rather than later? We could really use the text accompaniment now, as we begin to build and test the revisions to mediawiki.ui. 

For developers, having simple explanation of the intended patterns will ease the transition to a new mediawiki.ui look. For product managers, we'll be able to help make sure that our individual products conform to the general style guide. 

Flow is not the only new product that is starting to conform to parts of the new mediawiki.ui spec. For Growth team projects like anonymous editor acquisition, onboarding, and article creation, Pau is already producing mockups that incorporate elements of the new design. If you can produce a single page guide with these best practices you describe, they can be used now and incorporated in to the more interactive living style guide later. 

Steven 


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Steven Walling,
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