Releases

From Wikimedia Usability Initiative

Wikipedia Usability Initiative team is planning on coordinating four releases with the core MediaWiki development team from July 2009 till March 2010. Each release is named after the names of tropical fruits in alphabetical order.

Acai

This release is currently deployed as a user preference on all Wikimedia Project sites.

Targeted features...

  • Tab reorganization
  • Edit toolbar improvements
  • Relocated search box
  • Improved search interface
  • General aesthetic improvements
  • Opt-in/Opt-out switch and survey

For more information, see the Acai Release page. To help with ongoing browser compatibility testing see the Acai Compatibility Matrix.

Babaco

This release is currently in development and staged on prototype wikis.

The main features of this release are:

  • Navigable Table of Contents
  • Dialogues for;
    • Links
    • Tables
    • Find and Replace

For more information, see the Babaco Release page. To help with ongoing browser compatibility testing see the Babaco Compatibility Matrix.

Default Switch

Citron

The main features of this release are:

  • Folding of tables and templates
  • In-line preview
  • Refinements of dialogues
  • Support add-media-wizard from the toolbar

and more

Work in progress can be previewed in the prototypes.

Citron Browser compatability matrix