Wiki Loves Monuments mobile application/Feedback

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Loading image static
I doesn't seem much like a bug. But the loading image that shows appears static. At least, it should be active to show that its working. By remaining static, it often creates the impression the app isn't responding or its 'frozen'. I'm running the app from my Windows Machine using an android PC emulator.

So far, everything works perfect. I don't have supersonic internet speed though, but its working perfect. --Nkansahrexford (talk) 01:59, 18 August 2012 (UTC)

General
IMHO general tone in infoboxes and status alerts is nicely balanced between humorous, informative and encouraging! --Michael Jahn WMDE (talk) 11:14, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Problems to install
I can't install the app in my cellphone, when i try to install, appears the message "There was a problem parsing the package" (se produjo un problema al analizar el paquete). Is a Xperia X8, android 2.1.1, is a device in Chile.

Salutes!!! Cristobal carrasco (talk) 01:09, 4 August 2012 (UTC)

PD: Sorry for my english :P

Navigation
It's not intuitively identifiable that the stylized arrow at the top is to be used to navigate back. It may be misinterpreted as graphic item of the respective headlines. Took me a second to find out where to navigate back. --Michael Jahn WMDE (talk) 11:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

The WLM and the i-Icon in the top of the app are distorted, they are higher than in reality. I use Sony Xperia X10i with Android 2.3.3 --Emha (talk) 16:40, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

target group criticism
The bulk of last year's photos were taken by community members who used their semi-pro or even pro gear and who uploaded images by the hundreds. If they do so again this year, they won't use the mobile app. Why should they, having all their equipment in place? The unique opportunity that comes with the WLM app is that it is potentially very attractive to external users, people who are not (yet) familiar with the ways of the Wikimedia projects. Having said that and bearing newbies in mind, you'd expect that taking a photo is the first and easiest thing you can do with a photo contest app. In our case, it's one of the last and most hidden features. Before you can even take your first picture you need to choose a campaign, browse lists, select a monument and then find the small icon that eventually starts the camera mode. Newbie: "Hey, all I wanted to do was take a picture and submit it to this contest website! Ah, forget it...". Delete app.

I really think this app should work the other way around, making camera mode the starting point. Or at least make it accessible from every screen. While the rationale behind starting from selected monuments is completely valid, not having a snapshot button available in the first possbible place might scare off most users. --Michael Jahn WMDE (talk) 16:01, 2 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Michael, these are great comments and in many ways I agree with you. We don't have time for major changes this year, but there is definitely a need to re-think some of the design. One thing we have lost since the early discussions this year is making the upload button more accessible and ubiquitous. Also, it might be a basic error to focus on uploads vs. photo taking in particular. The bias comes from the genesis of this idea in Upload Wizard, which assumes photos were taken separately from the upload process. --Philinje (talk) 20:49, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

Search
Image I want to look at all monuments in Gent. I select Belgium (Flanders), and I press on the "search button". I can add my city "Gent" but there is no search button. Pressing Enter does not initiate the search. MADe (talk) 21:33, 12 August 2012 (UTC)

Talking to satellites
Hitting "Use my current location" despite having turned on wi-fi (and being connected), 3G/HSPDA and GPS of my phone (Huawei Sonic, with Android 2.3.4) has no effect besides showing the "Talking to the satellites" screen. Since it is not showing the GPS icon I think it is not even using the GPS. -- CristianCantoro (talk) 10:23, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * For me it is just the same ... (Android 4.0.3; Sense 3.6) --Theredmonkey (talk) 23:46, 3 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Same here @Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1. --AleXXw (talk) 23:28, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Now the map loads, and it is showing the nearest monuments from my position, still, there is no sign of use of the GPS integrated in the phone (no icon blinking, to say). -- CristianCantoro (talk) 22:04, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

formatting of description wikitext
There is a lot of white space in the wikitext that gets uploaded along with the photo, and (aside from being ugly) this breaks the formatting of the section headers. See.


 * Sorry, not seeing what you mean exactly. Do you mean the file name? --Philinje (talk) 20:50, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No, the "Summary" section header. There is whitespace before the "==Summary==" code, which breaks the formatting.--Sageross (talk) 19:17, 15 August 2012 (UTC)