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Feature suggestion: User Page Link Opening in App Instead of browser
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We received this through the Wikimedia apps pages on Mediawiki:

When I use the Wikipedia app (on Android) there is a bottom-border menu that includes a hamburger button labelled 'More'. When I select this, it presents six options, starting with my own user page, and finishing with 'Donate'. Of these six, four are wikilinks that open in the app, and 'Donate' is a URL since it opens a page outside Wikipedia. What annoys me is that the first link, to my own user page, is also a URL, so it opens in a browser. Why is this? If I want to use the browser interface, I can decide that for myself, but if I've chosen to use the app, why would it send me over to the browser?

I know that can get there via my user talk page in one extra click, but...

Not a major issue, just a persistent niggle.

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Hi @scblr,

Does this require any additional design? or just remove the "open external icon" from the view?

Screenshot_20230801-140256_Wikipedia Dev.jpg (2×1 px, 69 KB)

@cooltey

or just remove the "open external icon" from the view?

yes, this!