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Steven Walling

26 Aug 2014 26 Aug '14

12:50 a.m.

Now that the left-hand navigation menu has expanded to six links, I'm having a little trouble quickly scanning it to find the item I need. Previously it was no issue, since there were only three or four links. Have we considered adding icons? -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/

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Moiz Syed

26 Aug 26 Aug

12:55 a.m.

I agree. Six links is a bit too much. We should explore icons and introduce some visual hierarchy. On Monday, August 25, 2014, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Now that the left-hand navigation menu has expanded to six links, I'm having a little trouble quickly scanning it to find the item I need. Previously it was no issue, since there were only three or four links. Have we considered adding icons? -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/

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Vibha Bamba

12:57 a.m.

ya - agree. Not sure if icons is the answer though. Will chat with Moiz and get back to this. ---- Vibha Bamba Senior Designer | WMF Design On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Moiz Syed <msyed(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

I agree. Six links is a bit too much. We should explore icons and introduce some visual hierarchy. On Monday, August 25, 2014, Steven Walling <swalling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Now that the left-hand navigation menu has expanded to six links, I'm having a little trouble quickly scanning it to find the item I need. Previously it was no issue, since there were only three or four links. Have we considered adding icons? -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/

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Dan Garry

1:09 a.m.

On 25 August 2014 17:55, Moiz Syed <msyed(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

I agree. Six links is a bit too much. We should explore icons and introduce some visual hierarchy.

Agreed. There are already natural themes emerging in the menu items: 1. *Core functionality*: Log in 2. *Navigation* (Today, Random): Upon tapping, take you immediately to a page on the wiki 3. *Personalised articles* (Recent, Nearby, Saved pages): Presents articles which are personalised to you somehow (because you read them, or chose them, or are near them) I think grouping the items like this makes sense a first pass. This menu will evolve over time as we add new features. Dan -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation

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Vibha Bamba

1:13 a.m.

We need to discuss this, lets not design over email. ---- Vibha Bamba Senior Designer | WMF Design On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

On 25 August 2014 17:55, Moiz Syed <msyed(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

I agree. Six links is a bit too much. We should explore icons and introduce some visual hierarchy.

Agreed. There are already natural themes emerging in the menu items: 1. *Core functionality*: Log in 2. *Navigation* (Today, Random): Upon tapping, take you immediately to a page on the wiki 3. *Personalised articles* (Recent, Nearby, Saved pages): Presents articles which are personalised to you somehow (because you read them, or chose them, or are near them) I think grouping the items like this makes sense a first pass. This menu will evolve over time as we add new features. Dan -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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