I forgot to say there are not website bugs, so much as browser bugs. Or just an extremely different interface. Perhaps a great mobile browser could be built to effectively kill apps. But is not something website changes could address. IMHO
BirgitteSB Sent from my iPad On Jun 10, 2011, at 6:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Yes I eventually found that app. And it is much superior to editing from the > browser. But it doesn't support ProofreadPage extension. Still between the > app and browser it is definitely workable with two edits. My concern is much > more that the reading/navigation experience seems to be driving people to > these apps which strip out all of the editing and maybe even WMF messaging. > And these people must be genuinely interested in Wikipedia to download a > special app for it. Probably people who are decent candidates to convert to > editors. > > BirgitteSB > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:48 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I totally agree with Steven and I think we really want to make this easier >> (especially for small edits). I use a nice app called "Wiki Edit" on my Ipad >> (along with some random editing on the browser) which is actually pretty >> nice (and handles wiki text well given the limitations). It works for >> basically any mediawiki wiki. http://www.wikieditapp.com/ >> >> James >> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:23 PM, "K. Peachey" <[email protected]> wrote >>>> Why couldn't you edit it with the normal web browser in the iPad >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>> >>> I could edit from a browser, but it was rather difficult. That difficulty >>> wasn't really important, but just what motivated me to look for an app. The >>> issue I was writing about was what I found when searched the app store for >>> "Wikipedia". People using many "wikipedia apps" can't edit because most of >>> the apps don't support editing. And these apps have a lot of ratings and >>> there are a variety of them. So people must be using them. >>> >>> BirgitteSB >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James Alexander >> Community Fellow >> Wikimedia Foundation >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
