It would be great to get some feedback about going with a design that shows the search field open at all times.

It is still true that we will pursue a way to hide any toolbars until they are requested by the user.

Please see:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mobile_design/Wikipedia_navigation#Search_field_open_alternatives

The first alternative would be significantly modified in the iPhone browser because there is already a toolbar at the bottom.


Phil

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Phil Inje Chang
Product Manager, Mobile
Wikimedia Foundation
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