The issues currently being worked on by our team are marked with 'Usability' and 'sprint' in the drupal.org issue queue. Below is a pull-out of just those tasks to help you figure out what the team is working on and what needs reviews and help at the moment.
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Currently in the works for Drupal 8
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To do
#2518960: Emphasize the most important items on the 'structure' page
8.2.x-devTaskMajorActiveUMN 2015frontendCSSNeeds designstyleguideux-hierarchy
8.2.x-devTaskMajorActiveUMN 2015frontendCSSNeeds designstyleguideux-hierarchy
#2695411: [meta] Fix text based usability issues
8.3.x-devPlanMajorActiveUMN 2015User interfacedocumentation
8.3.x-devPlanMajorActiveUMN 2015User interfacedocumentation
#2732443: Finalize the behavior for triggering view/edit/build modes from the toolbar (and fix the "disappearing toolbar")
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveNeeds designOutside-inMWDS2016
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveNeeds designOutside-inMWDS2016
#2738393: Compile UI (Text) Standards for module developers
8.3.x-devPlanMajorActiveuser interface textDevDaysMilan
8.3.x-devPlanMajorActiveuser interface textDevDaysMilan
#2762505: Introduce "outside in" quick edit pattern to core
8.2.x-devPlanMajorActiveNeeds framework manager reviewNeeds release manager reviewneeds accessibility reviewOutside-inDrupal core ideas
8.2.x-devPlanMajorActiveNeeds framework manager reviewNeeds release manager reviewneeds accessibility reviewOutside-inDrupal core ideas
#2761985: Refine/finalize design to discoverable Quick Edit feature
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveOutside-inUMN 2015
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveOutside-inUMN 2015
#2635710: Add option to automatically create an entity reference view when a new content type is created
8.3.x-devFeature requestMajorActiveField APIviewsSite builder improvementsUMN 2015
8.3.x-devFeature requestMajorActiveField APIviewsSite builder improvementsUMN 2015
#2377543: Add "Add Content" submenu to navigation.
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveneeds backport to D7UMN 2015
8.3.x-devTaskMajorActiveneeds backport to D7UMN 2015
#1854046: Add "changed" hints to translation settings page
8.3.x-devTaskMinorActiveJavaScriptaccessibilityNeeds manual testingtranslatable fieldsD8MIlanguage of partslanguage-contentNeeds designNeeds screenshots
8.3.x-devTaskMinorActiveJavaScriptaccessibilityNeeds manual testingtranslatable fieldsD8MIlanguage of partslanguage-contentNeeds designNeeds screenshots
#2061679: Add a tour for the improved block admin UI at admin/structure/blocks.
8.3.x-devTaskNormalActiveBlock pluginsTourUMN 2015
8.3.x-devTaskNormalActiveBlock pluginsTourUMN 2015
#2521800: List(text) key|label entry field is freetext, which doesn't give guidance towards the expected input.
8.2.x-devTaskNormalActiveUMN 2015
8.2.x-devTaskNormalActiveUMN 2015
#1167366: Users do not understand "Lorem Ipsum" under Color Scheme preview
8.3.x-devTaskMinorActiveUMN 2011Novice
8.3.x-devTaskMinorActiveUMN 2011Novice
#2286367: Give a hint on translation pages, that to translate another language should be added
8.2.x-devTaskMinorActiveD8MIlanguage-configNovice
8.2.x-devTaskMinorActiveD8MIlanguage-configNovice
#1904900: Default auto pick the primary field for the type in view wizard to avoid red error: 'Display "EntityReference" needs a selected
8.2.x-devTaskMinorActiveVDCNeeds screenshots
8.2.x-devTaskMinorActiveVDCNeeds screenshots
#1904902: replace "autocomplete" in modal with more accurate word and replace "Search field" during entity reference view wizard process
8.2.x-devTaskNormalActive
8.2.x-devTaskNormalActive
#2793197: Explore UI pattern: not just colour-changing on hover, but "embiggening" as well
8.3.x-devFeature requestNormalActive
8.3.x-devFeature requestNormalActive
#2821825: Relative positioning inherited from classy theme makes links in header inaccessible
8.3.x-devBug reportMinorActive
8.3.x-devBug reportMinorActive
#2829792: Improve the "Image" InPlaceEditor plugin's "alt" attribute UI
8.3.x-devTaskNormalActiveuxaccessibility
8.3.x-devTaskNormalActiveuxaccessibility
#2831546: Move Quick Edit error messages inside dialog
8.3.x-devBug reportNormalActivequickeditaccessibilityux
8.3.x-devBug reportNormalActivequickeditaccessibilityux
#2570997: [Meta] Update the module descriptions on the Configuration page
8.2.x-devPlanNormalActiveBarcelona2015Novice
8.2.x-devPlanNormalActiveBarcelona2015Novice
#1953836: Replace "Select a field type" with a hierarchical select
8.3.x-devFeature requestNormalActiveaccessibilityariahtml5optgroupUMN 2015
8.3.x-devFeature requestNormalActiveaccessibilityariahtml5optgroupUMN 2015
To review
#2502637: Disabled text formats can't be seen in the GUI
8.3.x-devBug reportMajorneeds backport to D7
8.3.x-devBug reportMajorneeds backport to D7
#2521780: The 'Edit', 'Manage display' and 'Manage form display' tabs were hard to understand
8.3.x-devTaskMajorUMN 2015ux-interfacetextDevDaysMilan
8.3.x-devTaskMajorUMN 2015ux-interfacetextDevDaysMilan
Assigned to martin_q
#665790: Redesign the status report page
8.3.x-devTaskNormalFavorite-of-Driesstyleguidevisual designux-hierarchyCSSJavaScriptdublin2016Needs JS testing
8.3.x-devTaskNormalFavorite-of-Driesstyleguidevisual designux-hierarchyCSSJavaScriptdublin2016Needs JS testing
#2785051: Improve usability of Views bulk action form in Seven theme
8.3.x-devTaskNormalVDCcross browser compatibilityNovice
8.3.x-devTaskNormalVDCcross browser compatibilityNovice
#2803203: Simplify the descriptions of "menu levels" in the menu block plugin
8.3.x-devTaskNormalmenucontextual helpString change in 8.3.0
8.3.x-devTaskNormalmenucontextual helpString change in 8.3.0
Assigned to yoroy
To be committed
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