Hi, just a heads up we have some new Beta Features rolling out soon, and
just launched a beta feature recently.
Just launched was the Compact Language list[1]. This is the first version
and shows exciting possibilities. Please test it out and give feedback.
Soon to launch beta features include, Hovercards[2], Compact Personal
Bar[3], and Winter(fixed header)[4]. The "Flow" part of this announcement
is the clarification that future Beta features talk pages will be Flow
enabled from day 1[5]. When a Beta feature publicly launches (goes from
labs server to
mediawiki.org and then other Foundation wikis), or when an
existing Beta Feature recives a major update, e.g. Nearby[6], the talk page
will be Flow-enabled and any existing talk page content will be archived
and linked from the Flow board header.
We hope this allows for easier discussion about Beta Features, as well as
additional small scale conversations which the Flow team can use in order
to validate, test, and study the use of Flow to make sure it is on track,
and they are making the right product and design decisions.
I'm very excited about these upcoming Beta Features, and how they enable us
to get richer feedback from people when it comes to upcoming features,
tests and experiments though the Beta Features framework.
* [1]
**https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/Design/Interlanguage_links
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Universal_Language_Selector/Design/Interlanguage_links>*
*[2] **https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards>*
*[3] **https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compact_Personal_Bar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compact_Personal_Bar>*
*[4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter> *
*[5] **https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow/Rollout
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Flow/Rollout>*
* [6] **https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Nearby_Pages
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Nearby_Pages>*
*Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia Foundation
M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman>