2010/6/2 Gregory Maxwell <gmaxw...@gmail.com> > > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Amir E. Aharoni > <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > For part 1, see [1]. > > > > In his reply to User experience feedback [2], Howief says: "the language > > links were used relatively infrequently based on tracking data". > > > > Is there any data about their usage since the switch to Vector? > > They were equally valuable as a marketing statement about the breadth > and inclusiveness of our project as they were as a navigational tool. > > Concealing them behind the languages box also significantly reduces > discoverability for the people who need it most: Someone who, through > following links, ends up on a wikipedia which is not in their primary > language. Before they needed to scroll down past a wall of difficult > to read foreign language, now they need to do that and expand some > foreign language box. > > In my opinion, the world is not best served by hyper-optimizing for > the most frequent and shallow interests of the largest majorities.
That's exactly my opinion, too. I am trying to back it with data. -- אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי Amir Elisha Aharoni http://aharoni.wordpress.com "We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace." - T. Moore _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l