User story
As a reader I don't want my interface cluttered with unnecessary information. I want a consistent place to find meta information about the article.
Problem
Currently the placement and access to different article metadata is inconsistent across platforms. There are links out to browser on Android for Talk and Edit history, whilst iOS uses an "About this article" footer menu which navigates to article disambiguation, read-only edit history,etc all in-app.
Proposed solution
Standardize the availability and placement of the various article metadata across Android and iOS.
On Android, this means adding a new footer menu after the article content area called "About this article" as well as including it as a new section in table of contents drawer.
Note: Changes to iOS documented below have been separated into related subtasks.
Status (Android) | Article item | Android (currently) | iOS (currently) | Proposed |
Done | View in browser | link out on footer | does not exist | Appear on iOS and Android as link out under legal disclaimer (Android: move placement; iOS: add this link - T172746) |
Update text string to be View talk page | Talk page | link out on footer to mobile browser | does not exist | Android: Add to "About this article" footer menu on both with link out to browser icon initially. iOS: File ticket to do the same as Android - T172747. Additionally, file ticket to have in-app Talk page (for both apps) |
Update text string of the main action text to be View edit history | Edit history | link out on footer to mobile browser | on footer menu, opens in-app read-only version | Android: move to footer menu with link out icon initially. Additionally, file ticket to have in-app editable 'Edit history' page (for both apps) |
Update menu item to show a text string for the main action text as Read in another language, with the subheading showing ''Available in <#> other languages' | Available languages | does not exist | on footer menu, opens in-app popover | Android: add to footer menu (opening the same languages screen as when language icon tapped on article toolbar) |
Done | View on a map | does not exist | on footer menu, opens in-app popover | Android: Add to footer menu |
n/a | Similar pages (i.e., disambiguation) - eg. Scientology article | not in footer, shown in article overflow menu, opens as a bottom sheet | on footer menu, opens in-app popover | Leave as status quo until cross-platform design of this section (see related task T143535). Note: There is a separate bug on Android to add hatnotes to the article (see T172686) |
n/a | Page issues - eg. Scientology article | not in footer, shown in article overflow menu, opens in a bottom sheet | on footer menu, opens in-app popover | Leave as status quo until cross-platform design of this section (see related task T143535) |
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