[Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

[Deryck Chan]

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 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.fastcodesign.com/1670648/a-promising-wikipedia-overhaul-designed-to-squash-info-overload#1
>
>
> 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_makeover
> >
> 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---
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>
> Personally, I would welcome third-party offers of alternative skins.
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