Topic on Talk:Talk pages project/Usability/Prototype

1. A laptop
2. Not really, although the spacing between "Talk:" and the name of the page is slightly odd
3. Editing a comment is still somewhat unintuitive for newer users - I knew about the edit source button, but I suspect most newer users would expect a separate "edit comment" button
4. It's a lot cleaner and more modern than the current design for talk pages
5. I'm somewhat :/ on the font (I'm not a huge fan of bolded Arial), although I appericate this is a wider skin issue that would require a lot more development/discussion. I'm also not a fan of the space between "Talk:" and the name of the talk page; if you want to make it more clear that these are "talk pages" it might be better to use some kind of box/icon instead of the space?
6. I can't think of any off the top of my head, although I imagine project-space talk pages might be a bit problematic in some cases (at least on en-wiki)

hi @Remagoxer! I appreciate you taking the time to try out the prototype and share the feedback you had about it with us here. Some comments and questions in response below...

Comments/Questions

1. ...the spacing between "Talk:" and the name of the page is slightly odd

"Odd" in the sense that it's not what you're used to? "Odd" in the sense that you are concerned that it could interfere with a workflow you've come to depend on? Something else? Note: I see that you mentioned this spacing in "4." as well.

2. Editing a comment is still somewhat unintuitive for newer users - I knew about the edit source button, but I suspect most newer users would expect a separate "edit comment" button

Good call and we agree with you. In the future, we hope to be able to offer people the ability to edit specific comments. Although, that feature depends on some more involved technical work that the Editing Team will not be able to prioritize as part of this initial phase of the Talk Pages Project.

3. I'm somewhat :/ on the font (I'm not a huge fan of bolded Arial), although I appericate this is a wider skin issue that would require a lot more development/discussion.

I hear you and I appreciate you saying as much. I think the new font is going to take some getting used to.

4. I can't think of any off the top of my head, although I imagine project-space talk pages might be a bit problematic in some cases (at least on en-wiki)

5. I can't think of any off the top of my head, although I imagine project-space talk pages might be a bit problematic in some cases (at least on en-wiki)

We share the assumption that there might be adjustments we might need to make to ensure this design works well in the project namespace. For this reason, we're constraining these changes to the article and user talk namespace to start.

Once we're confident they're working and effective in these namespaces, we're thinking we'll reconsider offering this design in more namespaces where discussions happen.

No worries - I'm happy to help however I can.

In regards to the spacing, I think it's just that I'm not really used to it - off the top of my head, I can't think of any workflows in particular that this would impact.

I don't really have much more to say at the moment, although I appreciate the work y'all are doing to make talk pages easier to use ^^

In regards to the spacing, I think it's just that I'm not really used to it - off the top of my head, I can't think of any workflows in particular that this would impact.

Thank you for putting some additional thought to this and understood. Note: if/when you happen upon a case where the space between "Talk:" and the name of the page could cause issues, I'd value knowing :)

I don't really have much more to say at the moment, although I appreciate the work y'all are doing to make talk pages easier to use ^^

Understood and we appreciate you stopping by to see what we're up to and share what you think about it.