The Wikimedia Foundation has started rolling out a new look and upgraded functionality for Wikipedia that will be applied to all of the online encyclopedia's language versions over the coming weeks.
The changes are the result of a process that began more than a year ago to do usability tests and request feedback from end users, the organization said today.
A new layout, called Vector, will become the default, replacing the current one, MonoBook, and is intended to make core functions easier to find on Wikipedia pages. Users who dislike Vector can switch their layout back to Monobook.
The navigation scheme has been modified to make it clearer when a user is on reading or editing mode on a page. Controls that are used less often have been moved to a left-hand sidebar that users can have either open or closed.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176710/
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The changes are the result of a process that began more than a year ago to do usability tests and request feedback from end users, the organization said today.
A new layout, called Vector, will become the default, replacing the current one, MonoBook, and is intended to make core functions easier to find on Wikipedia pages. Users who dislike Vector can switch their layout back to Monobook.
The navigation scheme has been modified to make it clearer when a user is on reading or editing mode on a page. Controls that are used less often have been moved to a left-hand sidebar that users can have either open or closed.
More: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9176710/
