Not necessarily related to upload forms but:
a & b) works good and looks good:
* http://www.freebase.com/view/en/pentax_k10d (using AJAX) -- Please note the "With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the content on this page is typically distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution license http://www.freebase.com/signin/licensing.html or Public Domain."
* http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/ (AJAX & Flash) - using slideshows and other image effects
* http://www.wikiprofessional.org/portal/
Fayssal F.
On Thu, 29 May 2008 20:52:57 +0100 "David Gerard" dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
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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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