On 1/1/08, Berto 'd Sera albertoserra@ukr.net wrote:
The fundraiser serial seems to be a never-ending story. Functions have now been "enhanced" (meaning they added a line in the ad and recycled an outdated video no-one but English speakers can make any use of).
The video is subtitled in many languages; the fundraising page represents a complete redesign of the old one, with substantial consideration to usability issues such as the critical question whether visitors are likely to leave the framework of the page or not. It's going to be our fundraising landing page for some time to come, so the transition was necessary & useful.
The new implementation also frees us from the Drupal CMS as the environment in which all fundraising-related content resides, which should make future translation & redesign work easier.
The translation process has been messy - but I'm glad progress is being made. FYI, mails were sent to fundcom-l and wmfcc-l (the Fundraising Committee and the Communications Committee) about all major changes. IMHO it is not tragic when, during the course of notice changes or redesigns, some languages go live later while others are switched immediately; the main important thing from the perspective of a reader e.g. of de.wikipedia or fr.wikipedia is that their internal experience of the site makes sense.
Best, Erik