Keep it italic and bold in the welcome popup?

Good question, @Samwilson. Maybe we should follow the same behavior for the welcome pop-up (i.e. don't italicize). What do you think, @Prtksxna?

Update: I noticed that Prateek did include recommendations to remove italicization from the guided tour pop-up in T234711

One more question for @Prtksxna :)

Do you think we should remove mention of "API error" in the information bar? Many people don't know what an API even is, so this could be confusing. Many others may not know that we're using WhoColor API, so they wouldn't understand that the API error is not due to an API we manage or can directly fix. For this reason, perhaps we should only include very general and widely accessible messaging?

In T234710#5616538, @ifried wrote:

Update: I noticed that Prateek did include recommendations to remove italicization from the guided tour pop-up in T234711

Yep, we should remove the italicization from the popup too.

In T234710#5616605, @ifried wrote:

Do you think we should remove mention of "API error" in the information bar? Many people don't know what an API even is, so this could be confusing. Many others may not know that we're using WhoColor API, so they wouldn't understand that the API error is not due to an API we manage or can directly fix. For this reason, perhaps we should only include very general and widely accessible messaging?

Yep, we should avoid technical language where we can in the error messages. I had recommended that we change the error message based on how one can recover from it, and how much time it'd take. See https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T226760#5412312.

Also, @Prtksxna, I originally wrote that we should remove "API Error" in the acceptance criteria. However, I just updated it so that we keep the word "Error." I think it's good to be explicit about the fact that there's an error, so users understand why we're asking them to refresh the page or try again later. The only part that was confusing to some users, in my view, was the word "API."

In T234710#5710566, @ifried wrote:

Also, @Prtksxna, I originally wrote that we should remove "API Error" in the acceptance criteria. However, I just updated it so that we keep the word "Error." I think it's good to be explicit about the fact that there's an error, so users understand why we're asking them to refresh the page or try again later. The only part that was confusing to some users, in my view, was the word "API."

Yeah, retaining the word Error makes sense 👍🏽

If we could make the error messages more explanatory — as in T226760#5412312 — it would be even better, but I understand if this can't be done at the moment.

PR, with question for @Prtksxna : https://github.com/wikimedia/WhoWroteThat/pull/118

Acceptance Criteria:

• Remove italicization of 'Who Wrote That' in the loading state of the information bar

Done.

• Remove mention of "API" in the error text (since this may be confusing to users)
  • The rest of the text after "API" should remain. For example, "Error: Please refresh the page or try again later."

Done.

• Move username closer to 'Who Wrote That?' (a single tab space or four spaces should be enough)

Username is not included in infobar since T240707.

I tested this in the 5 different desktop skins (Vector, MinervaNeue, Modern, MonoBook, Timeless) on both Chromium 73 and Firefox 68.

WWT Version 0.12.0 installed from Firefox Addons and Chrome Store.