https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73422
Bug ID: 73422
Summary: Arrow icons in mobile watchlist are unnecessary and
distracting
Product: MobileFrontend
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: q...@wikimedia.org
CC: jrob...@wikimedia.org, kl...@wikimedia.org,
kw...@wikimedia.org, maxsem.w...@gmail.com,
rkald...@wikimedia.org
Web browser: ---
Mobile Platform: ---
The mobile watchlist now shows up / down arrows in the left column, next to the
number of characters changed. I like the fact that someone is working on
improving the mobile watchlist, but I think in this case the previous situation
(without the arrows) works better.
They are just too prominent. They are also redundant, the red/green of the font
is enough. It is relevant to see whether an edit contains a small or big
change, and whether it is more about writing or deleting. In te previous design
the titles of articles were clearly the main elements, and the red/green number
just a supporter. Now the bold arrows capture the attention first, distorting
the picture.
These arrows might be misleading too. They somehow provide a meaning of good /
bad, where green/up is good and red/down is bad. Intended or not, it's a wrong
message.
My very first impression was that now we have an option to..... sort entries in
the watchlist? Rate them up/down? After a couple of seconds I figured out what
was going on, but then the initial pre-excitement vanished.
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