That's a really good idea. The current form isn't that easily usably, especially by newbies. It's also a bit ugly...
--Maxim
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 3:52 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
FYI
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For a long time we've had to suffer with an image upload form which was pretty bare-bones, while attempting to shoehorn more smarts into it through templates and JavaScript hacks.
Well, I think it's about time we prioritize really doing this thing right. Commons, and MediaWiki generally, needs an upload form which:
a) Works sensibly
b) Looks good
c) Allows you to upload the file, extract metadata, compare duplicates, make sure it's sensibly named, and *then* commit it into the system.
d) Handles batch uploads with a minimum of fuss (or at least, as minimally fussy as one can get with HTML file upload forms :)
Note that this isn't going to be done by tacking JavaScript and templates onto the existing form; this is going to be a real effort to redesign it from scratch into something that handles today's actual needs.
I'd appreciate hearing from people interested in helping out in the following capacities:
- Designing user interface mockups
- Helping code it up in MediaWiki
- Testing the new form under development
- Providing constructive criticism as we work
This effort will probably take from a few weeks to a few months to get to the point where it's really live; we may even try experiments like having the old and new forms available side-by-side on the live site so people really have a chance to bang at it in real usage without forcing an in-flux test system on everyone.
- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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