This update is past due and there's 10% more to get done, but I want to share and give you guys time to look at what we've prepared.
FAQ <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Interface/Goals_FAQ> on goal setting process (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Interface/Goals_FAQ) -- Timelines for our top 3 goals -- Goal 1: Basic styles implemented with base CSS & accompanying HTML ( http://bit.ly/1lvBZjj) ☐ T118918 Extracting Less css from May’s github repo and understand current implementations at OOjs UI, Minerva (Q2) ☐ Evaluate approaches and come up with compounded initial Less file in a central Gerrit repo (Q2) ☐ Review with WMF designers and developers on the Less approach and revise the Less file (Q2) ☐ Double check to make sure that Less file is working with other frameworks with users including community members, and follow-up with WMF designers and devs (Q2) ☐ T118920 Document on MediaWiki on how to use (Q2) Goal 2: Enhance accessibility of MediaWiki UI library / OOjs UI / LSG to screen readers and color-deficient users (http://bit.ly/1MCJE6h) ☐ Triage accessibility bugs on Phabricator (Q2) ☐ T109915 Finalize color palette (grays, blues, reds, greens, yellows, orange) that meets WCAG 2.0 guidelines (Q2) ☐ Recruit color-deficient users (Q3) ☐ Test with color-deficient users on color palette (Q3) ☐ Document on style guide and MediaWiki on how to use with community members (Q3) ☐ Make sure OOjs UI and MediaWiki UI meets reasonable WAI-ARIA standards ☐ Recruit screen reader users ☐ Test with screen reader users ☐ Document on style guide on how to use ☐ Revise and improve our current methods of communications with community members and foundation employees to raise accessibility concerns (Q3) Goal 3: Style Guide - Guide on how/when to use components ( http://bit.ly/1lvC4DD) ☐ Understand what non-technical contributors need in their work (Q2) ☐ Understand what non-technical volunteer contributors need in their work (Q3) ☐ Understand what technical volunteer contributors need in their work (Q3) ☐ Understand what developers need in their work (Q3) ☐ Understand what designers need in their work (Q3) ☐ Synthesize and develop ideas on how to best document the guide to answer use cases from developers, volunteer contributors and designers (Q3) If you're interested in the progress of these goals, click "subscribe" to these goals on Phabricator to be in the loop. We track our work there and make updates regularly. mm On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:13 PM, May Tee-Galloway <[email protected]> wrote: > The timing should be fine, we'll respond with clarifications on the sheet. > > If you find that your team has a different need that's not listed, you > can also list them down here on this Etherpad: > etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/uistdztn-teams > > mm > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Abbey Ripstra <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks for the definitions, May. There were a few blank spots I asked for > > clarification in (see comments in the second tab in spreadsheet). DR > team is > > working on our vote, and will be able to submit our vote before end of > week. > > Is that timing OK? > > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Volker, > >> > >> Makes perfect sense to me. Thank you! > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> On 10 November 2015 at 12:53, Volker Eckl <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Hi Dan, > >>> > >>> > >>> The email we sent out to you this morning targets to bring all the > >>> parties involved so far up-to-date with the goals syncing process. > >>> > >>> > >>> Along with other things mentioned, we will post our synced goals on the > >>> public page as soon as we have gathered final feedback and defined > goals’ > >>> timelines. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> > >>> Volker > >>> > >>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Abbey Ripstra <[email protected] > > > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I will be adding my team's vote before the end of the day. Thanks for > >>>> this! > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Toby Negrin <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> No public goals yet please. Let's get internal agreement first. Step > by > >>>>> step. > >>>>> > >>>>> -Toby > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Wes Moran <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2015-16_Q2_Goals#Reading > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks for the updates! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> From a process perspective, I'd ask that you post your goals to the > >>>>>>> public goals page, as it's the centralised place where we keep all > goals. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>> Dan > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On 10 November 2015 at 09:43, May Tee-Galloway > >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hello everyone, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We want to post an update on the progress on UI standardization’s > Q2 > >>>>>>>> goals. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Late last week we were able to collect most of your team > priorities > >>>>>>>> so > >>>>>>>> we, the UI Standardization team, can better sync efforts to > >>>>>>>> collectively achieve UI consistency with other teams. We’ve > started > >>>>>>>> with Reading, Editing and Search/Discovery. Through learnings from > >>>>>>>> more conversations, we then reached out to several teams across > the > >>>>>>>> foundation that produce front-end user interfaces. These > priorities > >>>>>>>> are documented here: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheets/d/163SxJchYcDozOwjkzBszqnW1ai2dzC_HVmMYnZR0X0M/edit?usp=sharing > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We are still in the process of gathering feedback from more > >>>>>>>> community > >>>>>>>> members, Community Resources, and Design Research teams. The > timing > >>>>>>>> hasn’t been ideal, but I am very happy to see this many > >>>>>>>> participation > >>>>>>>> from relevant parties as a start from the *entire* foundation. We > >>>>>>>> are > >>>>>>>> learning to better join forces and we are learning fast. Hence, > >>>>>>>> going > >>>>>>>> forward in the next quarters to come, we want to make it a point > to > >>>>>>>> better integrate teams and community members that do similar work > >>>>>>>> and > >>>>>>>> care about this matter. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> It's well into mid Q2 now, our scope for Q2 will be smaller, but > >>>>>>>> nonetheless productive and impactful. For the remaining quarter, > we > >>>>>>>> will be prioritizing on these efforts: > >>>>>>>> 1- Basic styles implemented with CSS and accompanying HTML > >>>>>>>> 2- Style Guide - Guide on how and when to use UI components > >>>>>>>> 3- Improve accessibility of our interface (Vector, OOjs UI, > >>>>>>>> MediaWiki UI) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> There will be list of FAQ on our MediaWiki page > >>>>>>>> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Interface) in the > >>>>>>>> next > >>>>>>>> couple of days on how we came to prioritize these requests with > your > >>>>>>>> help. We will also be sharing the estimated timelines for these > said > >>>>>>>> top priorities within this week. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> We will be posting more on the public design list so our community > >>>>>>>> can > >>>>>>>> be in the loop and have weight even at goal settings. I hope to > see > >>>>>>>> further design-related topics be brought up in the same channel as > >>>>>>>> well. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> So, stay tuned! More updates to come. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> May & Volker > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>> Dan Garry > >>>>>>> Lead Product Manager, Discovery > >>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Abbey Ripstra > >>>> Lead Design Researcher \\ Wikimedia Foundation > >>>> M +1 773 412 7463 > >>>> > >>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > >>>> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dan Garry > >> Lead Product Manager, Discovery > >> Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Abbey Ripstra > > Lead Design Researcher \\ Wikimedia Foundation > > M +1 773 412 7463 > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in > > the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > > > -- > mm > -- mm
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