Languages overlay should show most common languages first, and expand more
Closed, DeclinedPublic
Actions

Assigned To

None

Authored By

	• KHammerstein
	May 1 2015, 6:34 PM

Description

As a multi-lingual user I want to be able to change article languages quickly.

Languages overlay should show most common languages read by the user, and expand to show all languages available. This is done on desktop using compact language links. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/Design/Interlanguage_links

Acceptance criteria

Interlanguage links are only shortened when the list is longer than 6 items. If that happens, only 3 items are shown initially.
The initial languages are decided based on the previous user selections (should be handled by T99814), browser language info, and geo-ip information
If there are more than 15 languages, organize the list by region. If less than 15, do not show region labels

Prototype
http://invis.io/4N2WGE17H

Design
First screen

More Languages

Task on iOS app https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97780
android https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T97819

Related Objects
Search...

Status	Assigned	Task
Declined	None	T123343 [EPIC] Decide about new language switcher sticky bar on mobile web beta and promote (or discard)
Declined	• JKatzWMF	T123342 [EPIC] Implement fixed bar on mobile web beta with language button
Invalid	None	T94922 [EPIC] Search + menu / navigation
Resolved	Jdlrobson	T109484 [EPIC]: Mobile UI improvements
Declined	None	T97824 Languages overlay should show most common languages first, and expand more
Resolved	Jdlrobson	T99814 Promote mobile.preferredLanguages module to stable

Event Timeline

• KHammerstein created this task.May 1 2015, 6:34 PM

• KHammerstein raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)

• KHammerstein added a project: Web-Team-Backlog.

• KHammerstein added subscribers: • KHammerstein, Amire80, Pginer-WMF.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMay 1 2015, 6:34 PM

Note in beta it currently gets ordered by most used languages by the user.. so if I'm using French and English on my mobile French and English are at the top of the list of languages. This code has been in beta for ages. It's frustrating this hasn't been pushed to stable as I think this is far more important (it works for anons too)

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)May 1 2015, 6:52 PM

• KHammerstein set Security to None.

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)

phuedx moved this task from Incoming to 2016-17 Q2 on the Web-Team-Backlog board.May 1 2015, 8:04 PM

phuedx added a parent task: T94922: [EPIC] Search + menu / navigation.

It's frustrating this hasn't been pushed to stable as I think this is far more important (it works for anons too)

Is there any reason to not push it to stable? Iirc it works great? :)

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)May 5 2015, 11:31 PM

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)

• KHammerstein added a subscriber: • santhosh.

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)May 5 2015, 11:34 PM

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)May 6 2015, 3:54 AM

• KHammerstein updated the task description. (Show Details)May 6 2015, 6:22 PM

phuedx added a subtask: T99814: Promote mobile.preferredLanguages module to stable.May 20 2015, 6:45 PM

kaldari updated the task description. (Show Details)May 20 2015, 6:47 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T99814: Promote mobile.preferredLanguages module to stable.Jun 16 2015, 5:03 PM

phuedx closed subtask T99814: Promote mobile.preferredLanguages module to stable as Resolved.Jun 19 2015, 7:20 PM

It's not clear what's been asked for that user's do not already have and why these new mocks are better. I don't follow the logic.

The existing languages feature has a search which I would say is more useful than a collapsible list or collating languages by region. They have their most used languages at the top based on previous selections.

I'm baffled.

Jdlrobson moved this task from 2016-17 Q2 to Triaged but Future on the Web-Team-Backlog board.Aug 12 2015, 6:19 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Triaged but Future to Epics/Goals on the Web-Team-Backlog board.

• Jhernandez triaged this task as Medium priority.Aug 18 2015, 5:41 PM

• Jhernandez subscribed.

• Jhernandez added a parent task: T109484: [EPIC]: Mobile UI improvements.Aug 18 2015, 5:50 PM

• Jhernandez edited projects, added MobileFrontend; removed Web-Team-Backlog.Aug 18 2015, 5:52 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to Discussing on the MobileFrontend board.Nov 4 2015, 5:24 PM