Wikimedia Apps/Wikipedia/Feedback

Feedback Page for Wikipedia Android app

Issues

 * Comments from me after testing on my Droid Incredible. Back functionality, the Home button in the W logo, History, adding/removing bookmarks, and other basic navigation works as expected. Other stuff... Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   19:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * 50% of time, I saw the logo and search bar from the mobile site on page load, in addition the app's built in version. It was there for roughly 2-5 seconds before it disappeared.
 * I may end up fixing this related also to caching and such. Will keep an eye on it.... --brion 22:14, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Full screen search works well, but when I selected an article from the list, the typed text remained after page load (e.g. I saw "she" in my search box after loading the "Sheriff" article). Is it intentional that entered search text isn't cleared on page load?
 * You may wish to continue searching related pages, in which case that might be kinda nice. Not sure whether we should clear or not clear, I've seen UIs do both ways. --brion 22:14, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Google, Bing, and MediaWiki's desktop search all switch to the chosen text from the dropdown rather than retain what you typed or blank the search box, so I would strongly suggest we stay consistent with that. Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   22:29, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * In Settings there was a leftover default entry that said, "Checkbox Example: Lorem ipsum..." :-)
 * This should be gone in latest builds. :) --brion 22:14, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * When trying to load points on the map, the Nearby feature was unresponsive to either the menu or back buttons for quite some time.


 * Really great to have this ready to test. My first tests had the following issues:
 * When I start the app the home page is blank except for the search box.
 * Same as Steven, the search box from the mobile site shows up for a few seconds and then disappears (actually the pages load in a strange way, you see the middle of the article come up and then you jump to the top)
 * Same as Steven, my search which is then autofilled stays in the search box after I go to a page
 * When I click my back button on the phone it leaves the app rather than taking me to the prior Wikipedia page. I couldn't actually figure out how to go back to a prior page.
 * I clicked on a few links from the featured article and most rendered properly. For some reason Amundsen's South Pole Expedition and South Pole did not adjust the width properly in Portrait view, but is good in Landscape. Only had this happen with that article
 * In my menu there is a "Forward" button that doesn't seem to work.
 * I tried the "Nearby" feature which looks cool and the "Redo search" feature worked, but it wouldn't take me to the full article once I clicked on the flag. It just took me back to the article I was on before.
 * I tried adding Bookmarks, but they didn't appear in the Bookmarks list
 * It is not self-evidence that clicking on the W takes you to the home page.
 * We have a button graphic now Tfinc 23:51, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

--Bnewstead 02:02, 14 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Some feedback from me, in addition to the problems noted above by Steven and Barry -- Motorola Droid 3, running Android 2.3.4. I'm super excited to have the app -- thanks for all your hard work on it! Ldavis (WMF) 19:39, 15 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I can't get the articles to load from the map; when I touch a point, it will pull up the name of the article and a short preview, but tapping on that doesn't take me to the article.
 * There's no menu on the nearby functionality; the only way to get back to articles is to hit the back button a few times. Maybe keep the search bar, or add a menu back in.
 * If I search for something, then click on a few wikilinks within that article, I can't seem to get the search box to register that I want to type into it. It will clear my original search if I hit the X button, but it won't let me click on it to start entering text in it. The phone will give me the virtual keyboard, but anything I type into it doesn't show up in the box. Sometimes it will even highlight the box in orange and have a blinking cursor, but anything I type doesn't appear there (it even gives me typo fixing suggestions, so I know the keyboard is registering that I am typing something, it just doesn't show up on the box). I have to hit the back button on my phone a few times to get it to work again.
 * I tried typing the shortcut WP:USEDU into the search box; it gave me Wikipedia:USEDU as a suggestion, but it couldn't just hit the enter button (my phone has a physical keyboard, so I use that button constantly)--I had to use my finger to hit the Wikipedia:USEDU suggestion on the screen. I realize not a lot of us have physical keyboard phones, but there are a small subset of Android nuts like me who will only buy a phone with a physical keyboard. :)
 * Bug filed https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33263 Tfinc 23:55, 19 December 2011 (UTC)


 * When it loads an article I click on from a wikilink, it starts loading the page from where the link was in the orignal article. So, for example, if I click a wikilink in the middle of an article, while the new article loads, it will show me the middle of that article and not the top of the page. Once it's loaded, it will scroll up to the top.

Languages
I changed the language to Gikûyû, then went back and tapped the homepage on W and nothing loaded as screen shot shows HERE Android version 2.3.4, phone type Huawei Ideos U8150 --Stephenwanjau 03:44, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I saw the blank home screen after trying to reload it a couple times too. It seemed to go away if you refresh, but I didn't try another language version. Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   04:17, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * That's because they don't have a configured home page. Same thing happens here : http://ki.m.wikipedia.org/

Home Page
First time I loaded the homepage, it matched what today's en.wikipedia.org looked like (same Featured Article and "In the News"), but after switching languages, switching back to English, loading another page, and now going back to the homepage, it is taken me to what appears to be the FA and News from 12/13 - 7 days ago! Not sure why?? Jwild 16:40, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

General Feedback

 * More comments, but non-critical stuff. Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   19:39, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Share worked, but if I shared via the built in Message app, it apparently converted to an MMS, rather than an SMS with the link text? Not sure, needs investigating.
 * What phone are you using? I tried it and it sent as a txt as it should Tfinc 00:03, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Droid Incredible with Android 2.3.4. Steven Walling (WMF) &bull; talk   00:23, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * In Nearby, it would be nice if "Redo search in this area" only appeared after I moved the map.
 * I completely forgot about the menu items for a while. I'd suggest we include a screenshot of these/explanation in the Android Market and in any other materials, since these features are great. The whole hidden menu items thing is a general Android UX problem, but with some user education we can show off the cool parts of the app I think.
 * when I am in the Wikipedia home page (of the app) and tap the search bar to conduct my first search, no cursor appears to signal that I can begin typing. Jwild 21:45, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I get this too; on an HTC Desire HD running Android 2.3.3 and the Swype (v 3.26.92D.35432.10) keyboard app. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:53, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: Not yet resolved even with the new updated version. Jwild 16:37, 20 December 2011 (UTC)

Feature requests
Please add a QR code reader, and use it to allow access to QRpedia. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:50, 19 December 2011 (UTC)


 * I would tend to recommend against this; many QR-code reader applications already exist and should be quite capable of loading URLs. This'll be a rare feature with limited applicability and I don't see much reason to support it directly. --brion 00:48, 20 December 2011 (UTC)