On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>wrote;wrote:
The en.Wikipedia main page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
has a mobile version:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
which lacks several sections:
* Did you know...
* On this day...
* Today's featured picture
* Other areas of Wikipedia
* Wikipedia's sister projects
could these not be provide as collapsed sections, or links to sub-pages?
Hi again, Andy :)
This is something we'll probably need to play around with a bit to strike a
good balance between not overloading readers with tiny links and boxes that
render poorly on mobile devices, but still letting them explore the full
range of Wikipedia content. I've seen some great ideas coming from
engineers and designers specifically around this problem, so you'll
probably see the mobile main page/navigation start to evolve to reflect
some of that work.
Generally, I think it's important to keep in mind that the mobile site is
still very, very new and has lots of room to develop and grow. We're trying
to move fast, but there's an entire encyclopedia reading and editing
experience to rethink from scratch, because the workflows that are
reasonable on desktop won't always carry over to a small touchscreen.
--
Maryana Pinchuk
Associate Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org