[Foundation-l] [Announcement] Extension of user experience work

[Delphine Ménard]

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Erik Moeller <erik at 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


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