On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Amir E. Aharoni
<amir.aharoni(a)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.
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אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
Amir Elisha Aharoni
"We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace." - T. Moore