This feature is in alpha, and if we decide to promote it to beta/stable, @phuedx suggested that this would be a good idea.
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| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
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| Show a short introduction about mobile Hovercards | mediawiki/extensions/MobileFrontend | master | +36 -0 |
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
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| Declined | Jdlrobson | T111329 [GOAL] Page previews on mobileweb | |||
| Invalid | None | T113242 It should be possible to turn off link previews on mobile | |||
| Resolved | • Nirzar | T113243 Implement link preview on mobile beta | |||
| Declined | Jdlrobson | T100679 Create a tutorial (similar to edit tutorial, or gather tutorial) about how to use the quickLookup feature |
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Just a couple of sentences that tells the user how to use the feature. Something like: "Did you know that you can flick wiki links to get some quick info about them without leaving the page? You can even watch those links for later reading."
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Change 227759 had a related patch set uploaded (by Florianschmidtwelzow):
Show a short introduction about mobile Hovercards
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We should meet and talk about this, overwhelming the user with tutorials is a sign that we're doing a bad job. On the apps they just hijack all links to behave this way without gestures. Maybe we should follow their model.
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Change 227759 abandoned by Florianschmidtwelzow:
Show a short introduction about mobile Hovercards
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see task, we should talk about this, first.
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Kaity is going to provide a new design in T113243 which will make this more discoverable and not needing a tutorial. I will report back on this card when she's done that.