On both the mobile website and in our Android app (both current release and latest beta) I see wide tables truncated. For example, the climate table on http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C., where I can only see up to June. (on the same article, even the right-hand end of the infobox is missing).
I haven't seen this discussed previously; and it's such a significant loss of content that I think resolving it should be a high priority.
I'm using an HTC Desire HD, with the default browser.
Hi Andy Thanks for the feedback and great to meet you at Wikimania.
Unfortunately I must confess I'm aware of this problem and I too think it is something that needs to be fixed... it really is just a matter of finding the time /developer to do a good job for this as it is a tough problem to handle well (any takers?! :-)). The problem is due to certain browsers not supporting horizontal scrolling on tables.
There is a bug open here: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36936 Would appreciate your thoughts and others thoughts on how we should best fix this. So far the best suggestion seems to be replacing tables with buttons that when clicked show the table in full screen mode.
Jon
On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:48 AM, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.ukwrote:
On both the mobile website and in our Android app (both current release and latest beta) I see wide tables truncated. For example, the climate table on http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C., where I can only see up to June. (on the same article, even the right-hand end of the infobox is missing).
I haven't seen this discussed previously; and it's such a significant loss of content that I think resolving it should be a high priority.
I'm using an HTC Desire HD, with the default browser.
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Jon Robson jrobson@wikimedia.org wrote:
Unfortunately I must confess I'm aware of this problem and I too think it is something that needs to be fixed... it really is just a matter of finding the time /developer to do a good job for this as it is a tough problem to handle well (any takers?! :-)).
We would also go way faster if we had more developers on the team. We've had a ridiculously hard time finding qualified devs and need your help to fill our open positions.
Front end dev - http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=o1H6Vfwt&c=qSa9VfwQ Back end dev - http://hire.jobvite.com/Jobvite/Job.aspx?j=oX2hWfwW&c=qSa9VfwQ
Please help us fill these roles.
Ask your friends that are devs to apply. Help the next billion users read and contribute to Wikipedia on mobile devices.
--tomasz