Timwi wrote:
Stephen Bain wrote:
On 10/8/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Here's an extract of a conversation between myself and a friend which (hopefully) highlights why good UI design is important to encourage contributions.
There's an "Upload a new version of this file" link right there on the page
I totally knew that someone would reply saying just that. I really don't know how I could make myself any more clear. This is NOT about uploading files. This is NOT about the presence or absence of any particular link. This is about UI design in general, and how its neglection costs Wikipedia contributions.
Our upload interface came under some heavy criticism from a usability expert at Wikimania hacking days. The point was well taken by the dev team, and we discussed ways to improve it at the time. In particular, we proposed to implement a wizard-style interface allowing upload to either commons or the local wiki.
The timeframe for implementing this is probably on the order of months, assuming it's left to me to implement. I have some other things to do first.
-- Tim Starling