This task represents the work involved with evaluating how usable and useful Senior Contributors find the edit affordance within the desktop site's new sticky header.
Decisions to be made
The results of these usability tests will help us decide whether changes need to be made to the user experience that we'll have implemented in T296910 prior to beginning an A/B test to evaluate the impact of the feature (T294506).
Test requirements
- Platform: Desktop
- Languages: TBD
- Target populations: people who are experienced editing Wikipedia
- Projects: TBD
Test goals
- Learn how – if at all – the edit affordance within the sticky header conflicts with the existing workflows people have established for editing content in Wikipedia main namespace
- Determine whether initiating an edit using the edit affordance within the sticky header increases the speed and ease with which people can begin to make a change to the content they were just reading.
Consultation wikis
| Project name | code | Link to conversation | Conversation start date |
| Wikipedia | fr | Message to Le Bistro, Test protocol page and Feedback page | 2022-02-17 |
| Wikipedia | es | Message to the Café and Feedback page | 2022-02-17 |
| Wikipedia | pt | Message to the Village Pump | 2022-02-17 |
| Wikipedia | it | Message to the Ambasciata, Test protocol page and Feedback page | 2022-02-17 |
| Wikipedia | vec | Message to the Ciàcołe, Test protocol page and Feedback page | 2022-02-17 |
| Wikipedia | fa | Message to the Village Pump | 2022-02-20 |
Test protocol
A prototype of the site-wide sticky header equipped with edit buttons is ready for you all to try. Below is the information you will need to: * '''Try the prototype''' * '''Share feedback''' about the prototype === Try the Prototype === # On a desktop / laptop computer, visit an article (e.g. [https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/dd823293fa/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]) [i] # Scroll the page # Notice the "sticky header" appears at the top the article # Click the "✏️" button within the "sticky header" to open the editor # Make a change to the article (it doesn't matter the type of change you make) # Publish the change you made in "Step 5." # Now, initiate another edit. This time, using the "[[ ]]" button within the "sticky header" # Make a change to the article (it doesn't matter the type of change you make) # Publish the change you made in "Step 8." # ✅ That's it! ''i. Note: If you would prefer that your IP address not be shown with the edits you make as parting of testing this prototype, you can log in using Username: "TestAccount"; Password: "patchdemo1"'' === Share Feedback === Once you have tried the prototype and you are ready to share what you think of it, please add a new topic to this talk page by doing the following: # "Start a new topic" on this talk page # Name this new topic: "Hint Prototype Feedback: YOUR USERNAME" # Write your answers to these questions: ## ''What did you find unexpected about how the prototype enables you to start an edit?'' ## ''What do you appreciate about the prototype?'' ## ''What do you wish was different about the prototype?'' ## ''What concerns you about the prototype''?
Prototype
This prototype contains the sticky header equipped with editing functionality that we would like Senior Contributors to experiment with: https://patchdemo.wmflabs.org/wikis/dd823293fa.
Findings / Volunteer feedback
es.wiki | feedback document
- One person suggested that the fixed header appear "earlier." Said another way: they would like to have to do less scrolling for the sticky header to appear.
fa.wiki | feedback
- One person found it unexpected/undesirable that only one editing button appeared within the sticky header.
- Note: we are seeking clarification about this feedback in T296909#7816613.
fr.wiki | feedback page
- All feedback was positive except [i][ii] for one volunteer who seemed to find it unexpected that clicking the [[ ]] button within the sticky header did not open the editing interface with the content scrolled to the position they were at while reading as is done when they click the ✏️ button within the sticky header. This person also seems to prefer that the interface for choose/switching editing modes be consistent between VE and the sticky header. [iii]
it.wiki feedback page
- All feedback volunteers had to share was positive. [iv]
pt.wiki (feedback page does not exist/feedback page does not exist)
- No feedback
vec.wiki | feedback page
- No feedback
Done
- Test protocol is written and linked to in the ===Test protocol section above
- Usability tests are run
- The findings from these tests are documented within the === Findings section above
- Tickets are filed for any usability issues that surface during these tests; these tickets should also be documented in the ===Findings section above
i. '"It's easier and it's faster... It opens easily and we are immediately in the modification, I did not expect this speed and it to be so simple and fluid." | via User:Datsofelija
ii. "It allows faster access on the modification of the whole article." | via User:Ryse93
iii. I've asked this volunteer a couple of clarifying questions to ensure I'm accurately understanding the feedback they had to share. See this comment.
iv. " It looks great, it allows you to edit without having to go back to the top of the page." | via User:Mastrocom