I'm sorry that you feel our efforts are not good enough. That said, for the
reasons I mentioned, we've made a decision, both within the team and at the
highest level of the Wikimedia Foundation, to not let perfect be the enemy
of the good. Both with this feature, and in general.
We can't make software that has zero edge-cases. If we tried to do that,
we'd never release anything. Especially with only two engineers.
Dan
On 19 December 2014 at 12:08, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
On 19 December 2014 at 19:22, Dan Garry
<dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Given the above, we're not going to block
releasing the feature because
of
this.
I'm very disappointed to hear that.
It's such a massive step forwards in terms of
visual appeal
I beg to disagree. This:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_mobile_app_beta_bug_-_201…
is not "a step forwards in terms of visual appeal"; much less a
"massive" one; it's a retrograde step that makes the encyclopedia look
slipshod and amateur.
our goals are based on readership
I'd like to know how the image linked above could be considered
helpful to a reader.
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
--
Dan Garry
Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps
Wikimedia Foundation