They have no financial means or interest in doing so, Deryck. They are a
design studio trying to push their work to prospective employers. Although
they could serve ads alongside the content, they do not have the
advertising budget to facilitate any sort of uptake. Plus, they could never
compete in Google.
The only way Wikipedia's interface will improve is if we demand to improve
it.
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Deryck Chan <deryckchan(a)wikimedia.hk> wrote:
Keyhole solution:
The MediaWiki API and Wikipedia copyright and trademark licences allow
Wikipedia Redefined to implement their ideas already. It will, of course,
be marketed as an alternative browsing and editing device like AWB
currently is. If there's enough uptake, it's never too late for WMF to buy
them up :)
On 5 September 2012 22:11, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466(a)gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670648/a-promising-wikipedia-overhaul-designed…
> A follow-up article on the redesign. Excerpt:
> ---o0o---
> So, will we all be able to enjoy this clear and concise online experience
> anytime soon? Kazlauskas put the odds at a discouraging, and definitive,
> “zero chance,” even though the response has been positive. “So far the
> reaction of people at Wikipedia--creators, not users, mind you--is they
are
not ready for anything radical,” he says (and the
whole endeavor reminds
me
a bit of Wired’s similar attempt to updating
Craigslist<
http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/17-09/ff_craigslist_make…
for
a feature package a few years ago).
Despite the unlikelihood of implementation, the team still sees an
opportunity to leverage what they’ve done for an audience who would no
doubt welcome the opportunity to tool around with the slick style. “We
are
already working on app which will use new
interface to read Wikipedia,”
Kazlauskas explains. “We’ll see how that goes and if anyone’s
interested.”
> What say you, knowledge-seekers?
> ---o0o---
> Personally, I would welcome third-party offers of alternative skins.
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