On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello all,
our very positive revenue perspective (we have already exceeded our fundraising targets for the fiscal year, and received the additional $2M from Google) allows us to do something we've hoped to be able to do: make our investment in user experience work permanent, as opposed to releasing most of the current user experience team and ending the project.
It makes obvious sense for any major website to have a permanent team focused on user experience improvements in the broadest sense. This includes eliminating obvious barriers to entry, but beyond that, we want to improve the experience as a whole for both readers and editors.
This is fantastic news indeed! I am looking forward to seeing this initiative go much further than was planned at first.
Cheers,
Delphine