[Was: iOS app feedback (via testflight)]
When I first saw the "Random article" in Wikipedia bask in 2004 or so, I
immediately though - "Right, they probably added because they wanted it to
look like an old-school paper encyclopedia that you can open randomly."
I guess that it's not clear to all people.
If I recall correctly, that button was added because there were requests
for it, but was its existence ever justified? If there's interesting data
about using the "random" button, a blog post could be published about it
that would serve as the rationale for keeping the functionality. For
example, that it gets people to read and click more links and maybe become
editors.
Also, it could be relabeled as something more fun without using the word
"random", which is a tad technical. The first thing that comes to my mind
is "I just want to read something."
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“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-09-17 3:48 GMT+03:00 Monte Hurd <mhurd(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
We received the following feedback email through
testflight:
Hi, I already tested your latest updates in Wikipedia 4.0.2, and I want to
give you some feedbacks :
1.) If I want to see my previous article or my next article, I don't need
to press the back (<) button or forward (>) button. Instead, I can swipe my
finger from the left or right side of the display. (For example, the
navigation gesture in Safari)
2.) When I want to delete my saved page, the animation is a bit late.
3.) The "Random" button in the sidebar. Actually, I don't understand why
it was made. Because, someone who opens Wikipedia, must be know what he/she
looking for. So, I want to suggest to delete the "Random" button (*if you
don't mind)
That's all I want to say. And I hope to see another beta updates. Thank
you.
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