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.
 * 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?
 * In Settings there was a leftover default entry that said, "Checkbox Example: Lorem ipsum..." :-)
 * 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.

--Bnewstead 02:02, 14 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)

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)