Beautiful. Thank you, Fabrice and all. I'm particularly enjoying the formula editing. Combined with, say, a link to deTeXify, this can be really powerful even for newbies. http://detexify.kirelabs.org/classify.html
SJ On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > We're pleased to announce Beta Features [1], a new program that lets you > test new features on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites before they are > released for everyone. > > Think of it as a digital laboratory where community members can preview > upcoming software and give feedback to help improve them. This special > preference page lets designers and engineers experiment with new features > on a broad scale, but not in a disruptive manner. > > Beta Features is ready for testing now on MediaWiki.org [2]. This Thursday, > we plan to also deploy it on Wikimedia Commons and MetaWiki. Based on > test results, we aim to release it on all wikis worldwide on 21 November, > 2013. > > Here are the first features you can test this week: > * Media Viewer — view images in large size or full screen [3] > * VisualEditor Formulæ — edit algebra or equations on your pages [4] > * Typography Refresh — make text more readable (coming Thursday) [5] > > Would you like to try out BetaFeatures now? After you log in on > MediaWiki.org, a small 'Beta' link will appear next to your 'Preferences'. > Click on it to see features you can test, check the ones you want, then > click 'Save'. Learn more on the BetaFeatures page. [1] > > After you've tested Beta Features, please let us know what you think on our > discussion page [6] -- or report any bugs on Bugzilla [7]. For technical > documentation, visit the BetaFeatures extension page. [8]. You're also > welcome to join our IRC office hours chat on Friday, 8 November at 10:30am > PST, 18:30 UTC. [9] > > Beta Features was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation's Design, > Multimedia > and VisualEditor teams. Along with other developers, we will be adding > new features to this experimental program every few weeks. > > For now, we'd like to thank some key team members who made this project > possible: Ed Sanders, Jon Robson, Gergő Tisza, May Galloway, Vibha Bamba, > Aaron Schulz, Brion Vibber, Bryan Davis, Chris Steipp, Greg Grossmeier, > Keegan Peterzell, Quim Gil, Guillaume Paumier, Erik Moeller, Rob Lanphier, > Howie Fung and Tomasz Finc, to name but a few. We're also very grateful > to all the community and other team members who helped create this system — > and look forward to many more productive collaborations in the future. :) > > Enjoy, and don't forget to let us know what you think! > > > Fabrice, James, Mark and Jared > Wikimedia Engineering and Product Group > > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/About_Beta_Features > [2] > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia/About_Media_Viewer > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/Beta_Features/Formulae > [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_Update > [6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:About_Beta_Features > [7] > http://wmbug.com/new?product=MediaWiki%20extensions&component=BetaFeatures > [8] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:BetaFeatures > [9] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours#Upcoming_office_hours > > _______________________________ > > Fabrice Florin > Product Manager, Multimedia > Wikimedia Foundation > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
