[Wikimedia-l] Introducing Beta Features

[Samuel Klein]

Beautiful.  Thank you, Fabrice and all.  I'm particularly enjoying the
formula editing.
Combined with, say, a link to deTeXify, this can be really powerful even
for newbies.
  http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html

SJ


On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We're pleased to announce Beta Features [1], a new program that lets you
> test new features on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites before they are
> released for everyone.
>
> Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview
> upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special
> preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features
> on a broad scale, but not in a disruptive manner.
>
> Beta Features is ready for testing now on MediaWiki.org [2]. This Thursday,
> we plan to also deploy it on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki. Based on
> test results, we aim to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November,
> 2013.
>
> Here are the first features you can test this week:
> * Media Viewer — view images in large size or full screen [3]
> * VisualEditor Formulæ — edit algebra or equations on your pages [4]
> * Typography Refresh —  make text more readable (coming Thursday) [5]
>
> Would you like to try out BetaFeatures now? After you log in on
> MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'.
> Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then
> click 'Save'. Learn more on the BetaFeatures page. [1]
>
> After you've tested Beta Features, please let us know what you think on our
> discussion page [6] -- or report any bugs on Bugzilla [7]. For technical
> documentation, visit the BetaFeatures extension page. [8]. You're also
> welcome to join our IRC office hours chat on Friday, 8 November at 10:30am
> PST, 18:30 UTC. [9]
>
> Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design,
> Multimedia
> and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, we will be adding
> new features to this experimental program every few weeks.
>
> For now, we'd like to thank some key team members who made this project
> possible: Ed Sanders, Jon Robson, Gergő Tisza, May Galloway, Vibha Bamba,
> Aaron Schulz, Brion Vibber, Bryan Davis, Chris Steipp, Greg Grossmeier,
> Keegan Peterzell, Quim Gil, Guillaume Paumier, Erik Moeller, Rob Lanphier,
> Howie Fung and Tomasz Finc, to name but a few. We're also very grateful
> to all the community and other team members who helped create this system —
> and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future. :)
>
> Enjoy, and don't forget to let us know what you think!
>
>
> Fabrice, James, Mark and Jared
> Wikimedia Engineering and Product Group
>
>
> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/About_Beta_Features
> [2]
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures
> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer
> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Beta_Features/Formulae
> [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_Update
> [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:About_Beta_Features
> [7]
> http://wmbug.com/new?product=MediaWiki%20extensions&component=BetaFeatures
> [8] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BetaFeatures
> [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours
>
> _______________________________
>
> Fabrice Florin
> Product Manager, Multimedia
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia
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