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On 17 Jul 2013 17:39, "Jared Zimmerman" <jared.zimmerman(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey Yuvi,
the link got stripped from the mailing list email but its here
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Experiments Mark Holmquist is the dev on
the feature.
Currently Mark is working on the Beta Experiments framework (nothing to do
with HotCat, yet or planned) The first experiment will be an updated
gallery control that is part of the upcoming Multimedia improvements lead
by Fabrice.
However once the framework is in place it should be much easier for
designer and developers to create experiments on the desktop site. Unlike
gadgets the plan is that code goes into Beta, is validated, feedback is
given from the community and its either scrapped, iterated, or integrated,
rather than stagnating in gadgets forever.
You can see in the image on the feature page above some hints at other
ideas we have for experiments in the future.
Let me know if you have bandwidth or 20% time to participate in working
with the design team to either create new experiments or help migrate some
of the more established gadgets into the Beta Experiments environment.
Jared
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Yuvi Panda <yuvipanda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Jon Robson
<jdlrobson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
He says:
"HotCat is number one on my list of gadgets to get some UX love and
turn into a beta experiment... If everything goes well while its in
experiments then it gets integrated into core extensions. Mark H. is
coding the desktop beta experiments framework right now (literally
while I write this email)"
Can you explain what this means? Is hexmode writing HotCat? Is he
writing a framework to enable experiments on desktop? Was that
discussed / announced anywhere?
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Yuvi Panda T
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