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//**Finding from usability testing conducted in T167129:**// The majority of users are more interested offline reading for specific topics, rather than to have the ‘entire Wikipedia’ available (as well as not having storage and/or data to download these larger packs). //**Proposed solution**// Provide a sideloading-only 'bonus feature' version which can benefit users who are //already using Kiwix for reading Wikipedia// whilst working on long-term solution(s) to serve apt content for New Readers and existing readers. This ticket tracks tasks TBC for releasing a sideloading-only version of the Offline Library. ==== Tasks: - Revise how users can access the Offline Library - initial proposal is to create a Setting in the app to give permissions to turn on the Offline Library feature, which will also enable the 'Offline Library' menu item in the feed overflow. - Create a read-only version of the Offline Library screen - Revise card messaging when a user with ZIMs is offline - {T177879} - Fix error conditions – thoroughly test the downloading and opening of article packs across different devices, since some users encountered unrecoverable errors - Improve error messaging – update error messaging to more precisely explain bugs, including a suggested solution if possible rather than the current “An unknown error occurred” text. - Track errors encountered offline – Build Eventlogging for when users are back online - Improve format of “Main page” across all article packs – since users across studies often used the ‘Main page’ as the entry point to use packs, they wanted to see a clearer ‘introductory’ text and high-level contents similar to the main page of the WikiMed pack. - {T178165} - Confirm whether to use "article packs" to refer to ZIM files

//**Finding from usability testing conducted in T167129:**// The majority of users are more interested offline reading for specific topics, rather than to have the ‘entire Wikipedia’ available (as well as not having storage and/or data to download these larger packs). //**Proposed solution**// Provide a sideloading-only 'bonus feature' version which can benefit users who are //already using Kiwix for reading Wikipedia// whilst working on long-term solution(s) to serve apt content for New Readers and existing readers. This ticket tracks tasks TBC for releasing a sideloading-only version of the Offline Library. ==== Tasks: - {T179072} - initial proposal is to create a Setting in the app to give permissions to turn on the Offline Library feature, which will also enable the 'Offline Library' menu item in the feed overflow. - {T179067} - {T177879} - {T179070} – thoroughly test the downloading and opening of article packs across different devices (some users encountered unrecoverable errors during usability testing) - {T179071} – update error messaging to more precisely explain bugs, including a suggested solution if possible rather than the current “An unknown error occurred” text. - {T179069} – Track errors and usage when offline - {T178165} - {T179073} - Revise card messaging when a user with ZIMs is offline - Improve format of “Main page” across all article packs – since users across studies often used the ‘Main page’ as the entry point to use packs, they wanted to see a clearer ‘introductory’ text and high-level contents similar to the main page of the WikiMed pack.

//**Finding from usability testing conducted in T167129:**// The majority of users are more interested offline reading for specific topics, rather than to have the ‘entire Wikipedia’ available (as well as not having storage and/or data to download these larger packs). //**Proposed solution**// Provide a sideloading-only 'bonus feature' version which can benefit users who are //already using Kiwix for reading Wikipedia// whilst working on long-term solution(s) to serve apt content for New Readers and existing readers. This ticket tracks tasks TBC for releasing a sideloading-only version of the Offline Library. ==== Tasks: - Revise how users can access the Offline Library- {T179072} - initial proposal is to create a Setting in the app to give permissions to turn on the Offline Library feature, which will also enable the 'Offline Library' menu item in the feed overflow. - Create a read-only version of the Offline Library screen - Revise card messaging when a user with ZIMs is offline- {T179067} - {T177879} - Fix error conditions - {T179070} – thoroughly test the downloading and opening of article packs across different devices, since (some users encountered unrecoverable errorsrs during usability testing) - Improve error messaging- {T179071} – update error messaging to more precisely explain bugs, including a suggested solution if possible rather than the current “An unknown error occurred” text. - Track errors encountered offline – Build Eventlogging for when users are back online - Improve format of “Main page” across all article packs – since users across studies often used the ‘Main page’ as the entry point to use packs, they wanted to see a clearer ‘introductory’ text and high-level contents similar to the main page of the WikiMed pack.{T179069} – Track errors and usage when offline - {T178165} - Confirm whether to use "article packs" to refer to ZIM files{T179073} - Revise card messaging when a user with ZIMs is offline - Improve format of “Main page” across all article packs – since users across studies often used the ‘Main page’ as the entry point to use packs, they wanted to see a clearer ‘introductory’ text and high-level contents similar to the main page of the WikiMed pack.