- Product release goals
- Provide a new wikitext editor which lets users edit in wikitext and visually with the same interface/design.
- It should be intuitive to an editor, with workflows obvious, and give a way to switch between editors without getting lost.
- [Initially] Released as a beta feature for logged-in, experienced editors; should be understandable for them, and (at least) no worse than the current editor once they are familiar with it.
- Specific test tasks
- See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor/Why/User_Test_Data#Test for the 2013+ test script we used.
- Add/edit/remove text
- Add/remove bold
- Add link
- Save an edit
- Switch editors (if the user is guided to the control; adding user on-boarding for this feature will follow)
- Tech prereqs/dependencies
- Main features completed
- Server set up with test content and a stable, good-to-go version for testing
- Types of tests
- Heuristic test
- User remote testing
- Test population
- Existing users if possible
- New users (but OK to wait for after the Beta)
- Intended dates
- late August: DR consider feature
- early September: Beta Feature readied, altered subject to DR feedback, announced
- ~ mid September: Beta Feature released
- ~ mid November: Secondary updates to Beta Feature released
- Time availability
- I don't know what goes here.
Description
Description
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T132023 VisualEditor support for editing inside CollaborationKit | |||
| Open | Feature | None | T138636 Allow using VisualEditor on Special:MassMessage | ||
| Open | None | T138642 VisualEditor should provide a clean integrated VE/WT editor widget that can be integrated into any context | |||
| Open | None | T130400 (Actually) Add wikitext support for citoid for automatic reference insertion | |||
| Open | None | T90864 Help VisualEditor users find the wikitext "Save" button | |||
| Open | None | T171974 Improve and consolidate our unified editing platform so that it's great on all devices | |||
| Open | None | T104479 Provide a modern wikitext editor | |||
| Resolved | Jdforrester-WMF | T141149 Provide a Beta Feature of a modern wikitext editor integrated into the visual editor | |||
| Resolved | dchen | T141068 Editing Design evaluates the new wikitext editor | |||
| Resolved | Jdforrester-WMF | T142854 Explain VE needs for UX testing of NWE |
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@Jdforrester-WMF couple quick questions from me and @dchen.
- what do you mean by 'DR consider feature': does this mean you want us to start getting ready to test in late August?
- do you anticipate that there will be a pre-release version (pre-Beta feature) of this that we can test on the beta cluster. Either a heuristic eval, or a 3-5 person user study? If so, when do you expect that to be ready?
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Yes.
- do you anticipate that there will be a pre-release version (pre-Beta feature) of this that we can test on the beta cluster.
Not on Beta Cluster but on its own server (per DR before that Beta Cluster changes too often); that's:
- Server set up with test content and a stable, good-to-go version for testing
Which is not yet done, but hopefully will be complete very soon.
Either a heuristic eval, or a 3-5 person user study? If so, when do you expect that to be ready?
ASAP. Sorry for the delay.
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Thanks @Jdforrester-WMF I'm going to start gathering a sample of new editors to contact for the study today (T143709). @dchen will be performing the user study, so I've assigned T141068 to her accordingly.