Hi guys,
I am getting ready to turn off my work email until I return from vacation on Sep. 24.
Before I go, here’s my recommended to-do list for next week, with a focus on Media Viewer improvements.
It is based in part on this updated improvements plan: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/Media_Viewer/Improvements#Tasks
I considered emailing each of you individually about specific tasks on this list, but a single message to the team may be more helpful, so we’re all on the same page.
Gilles * Lead Wednesday's sprint planning meeting * Update the Etherpad, Mingle site and Improvements page * Deploy and monitor 'Pre-render thumbnails on backend’ (#301) * Investigate better performance metrics solution for Media Viewer (#881) * Run "versus" test on a dedicated labs instance (#884)
Mark * Complete and deploy ‘More Details’ button with project icon (#830, 873) * Complete and deploy Download and Share buttons (#841, 834) * Develop Disable / Enable tools (#836, 719, 870) * Show clearer indication of authorship (#837) * Work closely with Pau on all design questions (via IRC in your AM, then email in the PM)
Gergo * Disable MediaViewer for logged-in Commons users (#822) * Help with back-end on Disable / Enable tools, as needed (#836, 719, 870) * Update 'File: Page vs. MMV' performance dashboard with improved user data (#880) * Performance histogram for MediaViewer and File page (#815) * Help with attribution/licensing improvements for metadata cleanup effort
Pau * Update specs with all assets for Disable / Enable tools (#836, 719, 870) * Finalize design for Caption above the fold + how to expand/collapse it (#589) * Propose a design for how to access ‘Help’ or ‘About’ pages from Media Viewer * Join our IRC MM channel at the end of your day (to work more closely with Mark)
Keegan * Respond to new comments on consultation or MV talk pages * Thank contributors to consultation whose suggestions made it to the list * Archive old comments on Media Viewer talk page
Abbey * Write findings from Disable / Enable user testing with Pau * Add a few more screenshots on August report (with credits) * Post wiki report on July user studies, for transparency reasons
See Current Cycle wall for more details: http://ur1.ca/h7w5s
I hope this outline is helpful. There may be other priority tasks that are not listed here, but I wanted to give you a sense of action items that seem important for the next 2 weeks, from my standpoint.
In my absence, Erik and Howie will tag team to provide product input on all this. Erik will join next Wednesday’s sprint planning meeting and can help test important features for deployment.
I look forward to seeing you all the following Wednesday, Sep. 24, at the 9am PT weekly meeting. I will not check work email during that time. If you need to reach me urgently, my personal email is fabriceflorin@gmail.com .
Good luck and speak to you soon!
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin Product Manager, Multimedia Wikimedia Foundation