+ Anna Stillwell

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Vibha Bamba
Senior Designer | WMF Design







On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hey Rupert,
>
> Thanks for reaching out to us about this.
>
> On 13 March 2015 at 11:23, rupert THURNER <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>>
>> I d like to switch to an expert view where I see the real contents of an
>> article not just a mock up some machine generates from whatever source.
>>
> What exactly do you mean by "real contents of an article"? I'm not trying
> to be facetious, but there are a multitude of factors that can affect how
> an article looks, such as browser settings, operating system settings,
> platform you're looking at the article on, and so forth.
>
> If you want to see Wikipedia exactly like it looks on desktop, but on your
> phone instead, the app is by definition not suited to your use case. You
> should use mobile web, and choose "Desktop view".
>
>> I am pretty sure product management is able to design the options so that
>> they are easy to set and do not become messy :)
>>
> See my above reply on this. The complexity of a settings interface grows
> exponentially with each setting added, as does the amount of support that
> needs to go into maintaining the product. It's not a matter of "just making
> it simple"; ultimate customisability comes at a cost.
>
> Dan
>
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> Dan Garry
> Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps
> Wikimedia Foundation
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