Well in that case I might as well start working on a HotCat extension... *-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science www.whizkidztech.com | tylerro...@gmail.com
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 8:50 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > +wiki tech > On 17 Jul 2013 17:39, "Jared Zimmerman" <jared.zimmer...@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 > > > > * > * > * > * > *Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia > Foundation > M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman< > https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> > > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Yuvi Panda <yuvipa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@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? > > > > > > -- > > Yuvi Panda T > > http://yuvi.in/blog > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
