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#### Background When rolling out the Places feature, we did not do usability testing because we created parity with the iOS app. In retrospect, because the maps are different (Apple Maps vs. Open Street maps), there are some affordances and behaviors that may be confusing for users. We want to conduct usability testing to see if there are improvements that should be made to the feature, specifically focused on folks who haven't used Places before. #### Research Questions Should map markers automatically pop up? Does the tooltip actually help with discovery of the feature? Consequences of adding new bottom sheet app wide T356246 Is the timing of the survey appropriate? Should we zoom to where articles are present or current location Experience for someone that turns on their location sharing vs those that do not #### Target Audience - [ ] Folks that have not use the Wikipedia app before - [ ] Folks in South Asia - [ ] Test in EN, HI - [ ] There should be diversity in Gender and Age #### Link to protocol https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEq5lxXewE8taP0qAZnS22rlTRYPghv_-tEpxbGMxZ4/edit #### Results TBA @scblr #### Recommendations TBA @scblr

#### Background When rolling out the Places feature, we did not do usability testing because we created parity with the iOS app. In retrospect, because the maps are different (Apple Maps vs. OpenStreetMap), there are some affordances and behaviors that may be confusing for users. We want to conduct usability testing to see if there are improvements that should be made to the feature, specifically focused on folks who haven't used Places before. #### Research Questions Should map markers automatically pop up? Does the tooltip actually help with discovery of the feature? Consequences of adding new bottom sheet app wide T356246 Is the timing of the survey appropriate? Should we zoom to where articles are present or current location Experience for someone that turns on their location sharing vs those that do not #### Target Audience - [ ] Folks that have not use the Wikipedia app before - [ ] Folks in South Asia - [ ] Test in EN, HI - [ ] There should be diversity in Gender and Age #### Link to protocol https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEq5lxXewE8taP0qAZnS22rlTRYPghv_-tEpxbGMxZ4/edit #### Results TBA @scblr #### Recommendations TBA @scblr

#### Background When rolling out the Places feature, we did not do usability testing because we created parity with the iOS app. In retrospect, because the maps are different (Apple Maps vs. Open Street mapsMap), there are some affordances and behaviors that may be confusing for users. We want to conduct usability testing to see if there are improvements that should be made to the feature, specifically focused on folks who haven't used Places before. #### Research Questions Should map markers automatically pop up? Does the tooltip actually help with discovery of the feature? Consequences of adding new bottom sheet app wide T356246 Is the timing of the survey appropriate? Should we zoom to where articles are present or current location Experience for someone that turns on their location sharing vs those that do not #### Target Audience - [ ] Folks that have not use the Wikipedia app before - [ ] Folks in South Asia - [ ] Test in EN, HI - [ ] There should be diversity in Gender and Age #### Link to protocol https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qEq5lxXewE8taP0qAZnS22rlTRYPghv_-tEpxbGMxZ4/edit #### Results TBA @scblr #### Recommendations TBA @scblr