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Enable quick access to common actions of the Wikipedia app via a widget
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Description

As a power user of Wikipedia, I like to be able to open different areas of the app easily and quickly.

Two design proposals
1. Append the existing 'Continue reading' widget with additional actions
Similar to how the Apple 'Notes' widget works.
This is the preferred design since the pros of this approach is that a power user would likely have this widget already, and secondly we would not dilute the impact by having too many Wikipedia widgets with overlapping content/usage.

[W] Continue widget – v2 with Explore items.png (667×375 px, 139 KB)

2. A separate new 'Explore' widget
This will include key exploration functions, similar to the Apple 'Maps Nearby' widget.
We can also incorporate an expanded view with the most recently read article shown as well.
The benefit of this second design is that it makes the key actions the main focus for power users wanting quick access.

[W] Explore widget with continue reading.png (667×375 px, 142 KB)
(Note: mock shows same widget in both collapsed and expanded states)

Event Timeline

RHo renamed this task from Create a widget allowing quick access to main sections of the Wikipedia app to Enable quick access to common actions of the Wikipedia app via a widget.Sep 30 2016, 5:22 PM
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We're not planning to invest in significant widget work any time soon. This is a great design/idea though.