Maniphest T19609

Front page renders badly on iPhone + some wishes
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	• bzimport
	Feb 22 2009, 1:35 AM

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Author: H92.wikipedia

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Screenshot of en.m.wikipedia on an iPhone, portrait mode

As you can see in the attachment screenshot I made, the front page renders badly on the iPhone.

Here’s what I think should be done, at least for the iPhone:

*The logo should be about 300px wide, center-aligned, and at the very top of the page (and on every page, please).
*Under the logo, the search bar should reside.
*The Go button should be removed: There is a button for that integrated in the iPhone keyboard (similar to pressing enter on a computer). I honestly think the Go button will never be used by iPhone users, as tapping the keyboard away in order to tap that button is extremely inconvenient.
*As the Go button is gone, the Random article button can take its place, but is it really necessary? I mean, when using the internet on my iPhone when I’m outside, I have a purpose. I’m not just playing around like I normally would on a computer.
*There should be a link to the normal Wikipedia page in the footer of every page.

Hmm, that’s all I think. Oh, and I hope the mobile version will be available in other languages (like all 100k+ WP languages or something) as well.

Version: 1.0.0 (Android)
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.m.wikipedia.org

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:35 PM

• bzimport added a project: Wikipedia-App-Generic.

• bzimport set Reference to bz17609.

• bzimport created this task.Feb 22 2009, 1:35 AM

hcatlin wrote:

You are absolutely right. I hadn't spent much time fixing up the design since we launched and it wasn't primary then. So, hopefully the redesign pushed up today helps some.

Notes on after the redesign:

Went with a small W for the logo. Screen real estate is prime.
GO is required for phones which might not have a built in search button.
Random article is now the logo on the home page... after you click it once (usually it will be by surprise after heavy use) it gives you a message letting you know what just happened.
The link on the footer has been implemented.
We currently *officially* support 7 languages. The software can handle more, but without localization for the others.

We are accepting new localizations with patches to the file... http://github.com/hcatlin/wikimedia-mobile/blob/418757d85883ff50af4d482d4841464cc32bc10b/config/wikipedias.yaml

Please feel free to add any new languages you want.

H92.wikipedia wrote:

Very nice solution! I don’t know how to add it there, and you might want the translation of the text that appears when you tap the logo:

no:

main_page: "Hovedside"
translations:
  go: "Gå"
  search_results: "Søkeresultater"
  no_article_found: "Ingen artikkel funnet"
  featured_article: "Ukens artikkel"
  in_the_news: "Aktuelt"
  random_article: "Tilfeldig side"
  copyright: "All tekst er tilgjengelig under GNU Free Documentation License.\n Wikipedia® er et registrert varemerke for Wikimedia Foundation, Inc."
selectors:
  article_of_the_day: "#ukens_artikkel .innhold"
  news_items: "#aktuelt .innhold"

And then, the text that appears when you tap the logo:

Du ble sendt til denne tilfeldige siden fordi du klikket på logoen på hovedsiden.\n Klikk på den igjen for å gå tilbake.

Are there any plans at all to make this available to other Wikipedias too?

Thanks.

H92.wikipedia wrote:

I forgot the text in the bottom, the link where you go back to the regular Wikipedia:

Vis denne siden på vanlig Wikipedia

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