https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64691
Bug ID: 64691
Summary: Links to pages without mobile view unexpectedly toss
to browser
Product: Wikipedia App
Version: Android (alpha)
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Generic
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
Now that bug 62639 is resolved, if a link (or a search result) is tapped and
the app doesn't know how to handle the page (such as with most Special: pages,
among others), then the link will immediately be opened in a browser. There is
no way for the user to tell beforehand whether a link will toss to browser or
not.
One solution to this might be to indicate, with an external link icon or
similar, that a given link or search result will be tossed to the browser.
A more generic solution (although one that may be less preferable in cases
where users already know that a link will be opened in the browser, and this is
what they want) would be to put up a placeholder page (or a small popup
overlay?) within the app, with the target url in readable form so that the user
can decide whether they want to leave the app to visit that page. This is the
solution I would prefer, as it gives me a chance to see what the actual url is
before opening in the browser.
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
You are on the CC list for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Wikibugs-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
