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WikiReader | Android app for reading Wikipedia pages distraction-free. (apt.izzysoft.de)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The app is very rough and only have search functionality and might need months to get to great point, but I am super relived to see someone working on a true third party native client.

I wanted to share it with the community here, because the wikipedia app for android sucks on so many levels.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 weeks ago (13 children)

How does the wikipedia android app suck? It's open source and the ui is, imo, quite nice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (12 children)

It's a non native app + the navigation is counterproductive.

I don't even know who use the tabs feature in the app, it's like the people who developed it do not use it in real life.

In my opinion, the application does not follow the modern design of Android apps in general.

I can't put in words, the frustration I felt using the official app and the countless times I searched for third party apps for Wiki.

Before finding out about WikiReader, I would be using the browser to see Wikipedia instead of using the app.

Now I have a more comfy way to use Wikipedia.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Tabs meaning the chrome-like article selection? I use it all the time, FWIW.

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