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If the creators of this project are reading this thread, I hope you don't take the criticisms here too personally. I don't know why nearly every new project on
by chime 12y ago
If the creators of this project are reading this thread, I hope you don't take the criticisms here too personally. I don't know why nearly every new project on HN gets completely ripped apart nowadays unless it's some clever hack or backed by a popular/famous creator.
I think the app looks great and compared to the desktop/mobile versions of the Wikipedia website, it is a significant improvement when it comes to readability. So what if it doesn't do justify or support editing content. Justify is a minor setting that can be easily implemented and editing could be a v2.0 feature if the project gains traction.
I love reading Kindle and iBooks on my iPad and it's fantastic that I can now access Wikipedia with the same readability features. You should definitely continue to make improvements, from tables to justification. Keep adding more integration with Wikidata. Maybe allow users to treat any Wikipedia article like an e-book by enabling notes, bookmarking, highlighting etc. I know it's hard to deal with ever changing content but maybe let the user save a specific version with highlight/notes to the iPad (and enable cloud sync).
- mcav 12y agoI like to think most people would change their tone if they were talking to the creators face-to-face.
- Einstalbert 12y agoI love the look and feel! I'd love for it to come to Android.
- sgdesign 12y agoIt's just so much easier and safer to nit-pick than to take the time to explain what you love about something. But hey, on the plus side nit-picks can be useful to a project creator too, if only to help them anticipate people's objections better.