Wikimedia Apps/Wikipedia/iOS/Feedback

List issues below


 * Slow near by me when only on WIFI Tfinc 23:45, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
 * This has now been fixed Tfinc 23:35, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Caught in possible refresh loop on near me map screen. On 3G where it kept dropping 1 of the pins. If you tried to zoom or move away it would bounce back to old location and continue to drop that pin over and over. Unable to replicate after closing screen and moving locations. Jalexander 22:02, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
 * This has now been fixed Tfinc 23:35, 4 January 2012 (UTC)


 * If move locations without closing 'near me' screen (for example press home button to navigate away and then go back to app later) it will find you in your new location (and zoom in on your blue dot) but not find new articles. If you click the on map 'find me' button it zooms in on OLD location and the articles found from that location. Jalexander 22:02, 3 January 2012 (UTC)


 * This is now fixed


 * On some pages both the iOS search bar and the wiki search bar are visible. Only one search bar should be available at any given time. To recreate: use the nearby mode to navigate to a page.  go back to normal browsing mode.  Use the history window to go back to the page you found via nearby.  Both search bars will be visible.  Bhartshorne 23:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * if you search for a page nearby, then enter a new search in the search box at the top of the page and navigate to that page, an entry for the searched-for page goes into the history but choosing that page from the history screen takes you to the original 'nearby' page. Example: search nearby and choose the 'wikimedia foundation' page (because I'm testing from the office).  On the WMF page, enter 'Thoreau' in the search box, go to the page, follow a link for 'Civil Disobedience'.  Click the 'nearby' button to go back to the map page, then click the 'done' button to go back to the main screen.  Load the history (by clicking on the clock icon) and tap the entry for 'Thoreau' or 'Civil Disobedience'.  Observe you land on the WMF page, not the intended page. Bhartshorne 23:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * on a slow connection, the 'loading' splash screen stays on the page until images are finished loading, even if you the text has fully loaded. When you don't need the images, it's annoying to have to wait for them before looking at any of the content.  The app should allow scrolling even while it is still loading so that the user can read content before all the images have downloaded. Bhartshorne 23:07, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * After looking for pages in the 'nearby' section, if you leave the app then return to the app, you are still buried in the 'nearby' interface and must tap twice back through the map. When re-entering the app for a new browsing session, it doesn't make sense to still be buried in the nearby section.  Exiting the app and re-entering should load up the previously visible article in the main interface, not the nearby interface. Bhartshorne 23:12, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Formatting of the reference section into two columns is inappropriate for the size of the iPhone screen. The result is 1-3 words per line and excessive wasted space between the columns.  On pages that use the template , it should be suppressed back down to one column.  Example: Cepheid variable Bhartshorne 23:35, 6 January 2012 (UTC)


 * feature request There's no 'open in safari' link in the app. Most iOS apps that show you web pages in some way (eg facebook, byline, echofon) have an icon with options such as 'open in safari', 'email this page', 'copy link location', 'read later' (with something like instapaper), etc.  Bhartshorne 00:02, 7 January 2012 (UTC)


 * on app startup, the first thing it does is load the Featured Article. 99% of the time I start the app, I am interested in searching for a specific page, but must sit through waiting for the FA to lead before I can perform my search (all interaction is disabled while a page is loading).  This is annoying (and actually the primary reason why I started using a non-WMF wiki reader).  Please either load the cached version of the previously read page or a splash screen instead of loading a fresh article.  Note that this only happens when the app is freshly started, not when it is 'resumed' - if iOS backgrounded the app it will load to the previously viewed page. Bhartshorne 19:10, 11 January 2012 (UTC)