Comments on the W button icon and the Article Action Bar icon are appreciated.
Attached are some other icons that have been considered for the article actions. Hopefully these can help fuel some discussion around this.
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Lindsey Smith
Mobile UI/UX Designer
Wikimedia Foundation
On Monday, April 30, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Philip Chang wrote:
> Also, a very important point:
>
> This new prototype refines the UI elements to be specific for Android browser.
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>
http://jonrobson.me.uk/wikipedia/experiments/nav/index-final2.html
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> The actions to focus on are:
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> - open the Main Menu
> - open the Article Action Bar
>
>
> The changes from the last version are:
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> - revised icons
> - Home is now Read
> - Back, Save and Share are not present (Back is present on Android generally, Save and Share are not yet available in the mobile site)
> - navigation to a sample TOC is not present
> - page scrolling is not working
>
> Comments on the W button icon and the Article Action Bar icon are appreciated.
>
>
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_design/Wikipedia_navigation/Initial_me...
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> Phil
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Philip Chang <pchang@wikimedia.org (mailto:pchang@wikimedia.org)> wrote:
> > As a follow-up to the prototype sent Friday, here is an updated version with new icons:
> >
> >
http://jonrobson.me.uk/wikipedia/experiments/nav/index-final2.html
> >
> >
> > The visual design is still not final, but the icons are getting closer to final.
> >
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who posted comments on the feedback page, which is here:
> >
> >
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_design/Wikipedia_navigation/Initial_me...
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Philip Chang <pchang@wikimedia.org (mailto:pchang@wikimedia.org)> wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > In our ongoing effort to upgrade the UI for all of our Wikipedia mobile projects, we are converging on a design approach that achieves the initial design objectives, which are:
> > >
> > > * to separate the article-specific actions from more general actions
> > > * to provide a flexible and rational way to add new functions going forward
> > > * to not change the way search is prominently displayed and accessible in the current UI
> > >
> > > You can find the link to the project page at the end of this email.
> > >
> > > This week we created a working prototype of the new navigation UI. The idea is to look at this in an Android phone browser.
> > >
> > >
http://jonrobson.me.uk/wikipedia/experiments/nav/index-final.html
> > >
> > > Please note that this is rough and only certain actions are supported, which are:
> > >
> > > - open Main Menu
> > > - activate Search
> > > - open Article Action Bar
> > > - open Table of Contents
> > >
> > > Also, please note that the visual design is not yet final.
> > >
> > > In order to simplify communication, let's use the following terminology:
> > >
> > > * Article Page (the view of the article with the search bar across the top)
> > > * Search Bar (the toolbar at the top of the Article Page)
> > > * Search Field (the rectangle where a search is initiated)
> > > * Main Menu (what is revealed as the full-screen menu on the left)
> > > * Main Menu Button (the W that causes the Article Page to slide to the right)
> > > * Article Action Bar (the toolbar that comes down from the search bar)
> > > * Submenu (the screen or step that appears after selecting a menu function)
> > >
> > > Let us know what you think!
> > >
> > >
> > > As background about this project, please see:
> > >
> > >
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_design/Wikipedia_navigation
> > >
> > > The section Initial menu covers the current design work.
> > >
> > > Prior feedback on icons and hiding of toolbars has been collected on that page. Going forward, please use this page:
> > >
> > >
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_design/Wikipedia_navigation/Initial_me...
> > >
> > > But if you are not comfortable with editing a wiki page, please respond by email.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
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> > > Phil Inje Chang
> > > Product Manager, Mobile
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
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> > > 415-882-7982 x 6810 (tel:415-882-7982%20x%206810)
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Phil Inje Chang
> > Product Manager, Mobile
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > 415-812-0854 (tel:415-812-0854) m
> > 415-882-7982 x 6810 (tel:415-882-7982%20x%206810)
> >
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> Phil Inje Chang
> Product Manager, Mobile
> Wikimedia Foundation
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> 415-882-7982 x 6810
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