I would like to know as follows * the data mentioned * differences between language groups: does every language group use interlanguage links rarely or some of them use it often? For instance, in a small wikis? * Is there any way to choose if those hiding-by-default boxes are visible by user preferences?
Honestly I am surprised this change which wasn't so during the beta test, and personally as an multilingual, slightly annoyed by an increased number of clicks, I know it makes a sense to weigh the majority's preferences, but if there is no other option, it reduces usability for me as individual.
Cheers,
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
2010/6/2 Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il wrote:
Hello,
For part 1, see [1].
In his reply to User experience feedback [2], Howief says: "the language links were used relatively infrequently based on tracking data".
Is there any data about their usage since the switch to Vector?
They were equally valuable as a marketing statement about the breadth and inclusiveness of our project as they were as a navigational tool.
Concealing them behind the languages box also significantly reduces discoverability for the people who need it most: Someone who, through following links, ends up on a wikipedia which is not in their primary language. Before they needed to scroll down past a wall of difficult to read foreign language, now they need to do that and expand some foreign language box.
In my opinion, the world is not best served by hyper-optimizing for the most frequent and shallow interests of the largest majorities.
That's exactly my opinion, too. I am trying to back it with data.
-- אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי Amir Elisha Aharoni
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