Currently the new filters on Recent Changes are provided as a beta feature. When these filters graduate out of beta, they will be available for all users. Following the principles of gradual deployment, we can move from an opt-in stage to an opt-out stage.When the New Filters graduate out of beta on RC page, These are the aspects to communicate:we will:
- Introduce the new filters to those users getting them for the first time. This applies only to users that didn't hadhave the beta feature enabled, but now will see the new feature since it become the default (although we can consider whether is worth to inform them explicitly that the beta became the default).
- Provide a path to disable the new feature. We expect users to uslike the new filters, but providing them some flexibility to go back to the old system provides them an emergency exit to some issues (e.g., a specific gadget breaking the new tool), avoiding them to reach a dead end.unnecessary stress.
We can use a similar pattern to the one we used to welcome users of the beta feature (T159010).
==The Introduction Popover
We can use a similar pattern to the one we used to welcome users of the beta feature (T159010).- After graduation, when a user who was not previously opted in to the beta visits the RC page for the first time, a popover will appear introducing the new features.
- The popover remains visible for 4 seconds, and then disappears.
- The user can also dismiss the popover by 1) clicking the "OK, got it" button, 2) clicking a link to navigate away from the page 3) clicking the page anywhere outside the popover.
- Once it is dismissed or disappears on its own, the Introduction should not be shown to that user on that wiki again.
- Different messages are shown to ORES vs. non-ORES wikis (wording below).
- A "Learn more" link is provided. The link opens a new tab/browser and goes to the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_Review_Improvements/Filters_for_Special:Recent_Changes | RC Filters page on mediawiki ]].
- The design of the popover will be based on the one we showed to beta users in T159010. See the screenshot below for layout, but use the wording in the "Wording" section below.
-- The image used in the panel will be animated. A non-looping animated Gif for the animation is available at F5053416
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==The popover preferences Notice
After the user dismisses the Introduction, another popover gives the user notice that the new features can be disabled.
- The Notice appears below and points at the Preferences link in the top navigation.
- If the user does nothing, the popover will vanish automatically after 3 seconds.
- If the user clicks the popover, clicks the page off the popover or navigates to a different page, The idea is illustrthe popover disappears.
- The Notice will not be repeated below:for that user on that wiki.
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==Wording for popovers
|Introducing the feature|A popup points to preferences for few seconds|[INTRODUCTION, ORES VERSION]
|---|---|**Welcome to improved Recent Changes filtering**
|{F8606553}|{F8606554}|Review edits more efficiently using improved tools, a new interface and the power of machine learning.
[INTRODUCTION, NON-ORES]
**Welcome to improved Recent Changes filtering**
Review edits more efficiently using new filters, a more powerful interface, user-defined highlighting and and other improvements.
A link to "Learn more" has been included in the introduction since the information entry point of the beta features will no longer be available. The link should point to [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Edit_Review_Improvements/New_filters_for_edit_review | the same place ]] the information link of the beta feature currently does.[NOTICE]
Access your preferences any time to disable the improved version of Recent Changes.