Behind the Curtains of Wikipedia Redesign

I am sure I am not alone in preferring the old layout. It is still available but only if one logs in and goes through the effort. A "Use old layout" button would have been very nice. The previews that are automatically displayed when going past a link or a reference are very distracting. Again, they have to be manually disabled.

What I really took from the article was a look into the organization. Design Director, Chief Product Officer, Product Manager, Community Specialist, ...

Honestly, kudos to the team for shipping this. It sounds like a ton of work and research has gone into it and it is absurd that people complain about obvious usability improvements like an easily-accessible table of contents or line lengths that follow best practices for readability.