Disable the mobile history page and use desktop instead
Closed, DuplicatePublic
Actions

Assigned To

None

Authored By

	Jdlrobson
	Nov 6 2023, 5:50 PM

Description

The mobile history page is neglected code and we are starting to see regressions in the design (for example the page title link "Spain" in the image below has regressed)

Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 9.46.31 AM.png (1×1 px, 132 KB)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:History/Spain

If I visit the desktop page [1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spain&action=history&safemode=1&useskin=minerva
the experience is more or less the same, but adds the "filter revisions" functionality, paging and logs:

Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 9.49.11 AM.png (1×1 px, 174 KB)

Proposal

Disable the mobile history page via the configuration flag MFUseDesktopSpecialHistoryPage for all users.
Remove the MobileFrontend code after several weeks with no community desiring a roll back.

Notes

[1] You'll need to add the class mw-mf-amc-disabled to the body element to simulate this.

Related Objects
Search...

		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		None	T305113 [EPIC] Remove mobile history page
		Duplicate		None	T350609 Disable the mobile history page and use desktop instead

Event Timeline

Jdlrobson created this task.Nov 6 2023, 5:50 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Masumrezarock100. · View Herald TranscriptNov 6 2023, 5:50 PM

Jdlrobson mentioned this in T327566: Mobile Page history HTML differ, making scripting hard.Nov 6 2023, 5:51 PM

Jdlrobson triaged this task as High priority.Dec 4 2023, 5:30 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Dereckson. · View Herald TranscriptDec 4 2023, 5:30 PM

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to Remove mobile diff and history page on the Web-Team-Backlog (Needs Prioritization (Tech)) board.Dec 7 2023, 4:35 PM

Jdlrobson added a project: MobileFrontend (MobileFrontend Special Pages).Dec 13 2023, 10:22 PM

This comment was removed by Jdlrobson.

Jdlrobson moved this task from Backlog to Watchlist on the MobileFrontend (MobileFrontend Special Pages) board.Dec 13 2023, 10:22 PM

Jdlrobson closed this task as a duplicate of T353388: Enable desktop history HTML on mobile.

	F41459193: Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 9.49.11 AM.png
	Nov 6 2023, 5:50 PM

	F41459185: Screenshot 2023-11-06 at 9.46.31 AM.png
	Nov 6 2023, 5:50 PM

Disable the mobile history page and use desktop insteadClosed, DuplicatePublicActions