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-MDN is undergoing a major redesign, with improved design, layout, page customization options and navigation. To ensure that the redesign is the best that it can be, we have made the new design available to anyone who would like to help with beta testing.
+MDN is undergoing a major redesign with improved design, layout, page customization options and navigation. To ensure that the redesign is the best it can be, we have made the design available to anyone who would like to help with beta testing.
-==Notes and information==
+== How you can help ==
+Remember that even though you will see our new design, you will be working with the same documentation. Any changes you make will be seen by all users, whether they are seeing the new design or not.
-New features — look out for them:
+Once the redesign is enabled, we would love you to go around the site and have a look at everything, as well as editing some pages and making some other site contributions. Please let us what you think of the redesign, what is not working, and what could use improvement.
-* The main difference you'll notice is that the new theme. It is aimed at being more easily red and to look more professional. Among the differences you'll notice:
+=== Testing suggestions ===
-** The consistent usage of the same font (Open Sans) instead of the mix of fonts we had before. Only code, and therefore interfaces, methods, and properties, are using a fixed-width font.
-** Numerous pages have now a quick links columns aimed at simplifying the navigation.
-* Certain pages have been converted into Zones, which are basically landing pages for specific focus topics like projects or tasks (Firefox, Firefox OS, Building Apps.) These have a distinct look and feel, and an integrated zone menu that persists between all the pages that under the zone in the document hierarchy. Examples:
-** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS
-** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps
-* We have a new internal search engine:
-** It should be more precise than the previous one.
-** It allows to filter the search on specific subject.
-==How you can help==
+Looking for some ideas? Try testing out the following. Bug reports, change requests and other feedback is welcome.
-Once the redesign is enabled, we would love you to go around the site and have a look at everything, as well as trying out some edits and other site contributions. Please let us know exactly how the site is working, what is breaking, and what you think needs improvement. Try the following:
+* Read documentation and follow links. Pay attention to code samples, images and videos. Act just as you normally would if you were reading documentation.
+* Try our improved search. Pay attention to both the experience of searching and the quality of the search results.
+* Edit a page (remember that your edits will be seen by everyone, whether they are testing the beta or not)
+* Edit a template, if your account has this privilege (again, remember that these edits will be seen by everyone)
-* Reading a page, and using the web site to get relevant info.
+=== Sharing feedback ===
-* Editing a page.
-* Looking at a page that has large code samples on it, or large images, or embedded videos.
-* Editing a macro, if you have the right to do so.
-* Performs searches and check the results.
-To give us feedback, please use the following:
+Let us know what you think! Bug reports, change requests and general feedback are all welcome. There are many ways to get in touch with us.
-* The #devmo IRC channel on Mozilla's [[https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC IRC]]
+* Before anything else, please [http://mzl.la/mdn-redesign-feedback file a bug]. We would love to hear from you on IRC and through our mailing lists, but if a bug is not already filed we will probably ask you to do so. Remember to use this form for all redesign feedback, as it will group feedback appropriately and ensure that the team sees it.
-* The dev-mdc e-mail list: [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdc]
+* Join the conversation in [[/IRC|IRC]]. You can meet us in #mdn for general discussion, #devmo for discussion about documentation and #mdndev for discussion about development progress.
-* [http://mzl.la/mdn-redesign-feedback Bugzilla form]
+* Join our mailing lists. Staff documentation writers can be reached on [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdc dev-mdc@mozilla.org] and platform developers can be reached on [https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-mdn dev-mdn@mozilla.org].
 What kind of feedback we are looking for? We are interested in:
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 '''The whole MDN team thank you in advance! And let's test!'''
+==Notes and information==
+New features — look out for them:
+* The main difference you'll notice is that the new theme. It is aimed at being more easily red and to look more professional. Among the differences you'll notice:
+** The consistent usage of the same font (Open Sans) instead of the mix of fonts we had before. Only code, and therefore interfaces, methods, and properties, are using a fixed-width font.
+** Numerous pages have now a quick links columns aimed at simplifying the navigation.
+* Certain pages have been converted into Zones, which are basically landing pages for specific focus topics like projects or tasks (Firefox, Firefox OS, Building Apps.) These have a distinct look and feel, and an integrated zone menu that persists between all the pages that under the zone in the document hierarchy. Examples:
+** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS
+** https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Apps
+* We have a new internal search engine:
+** It should be more precise than the previous one.
+** It allows to filter the search on specific subject.