Last modified: 2014-09-10 17:51:42 UTC
There was a request at [[de:Wikipedia:Verbesserungsvorschläge#Diskussion in mobiler Version]] to provide a talkpage-link. Today the only way to get there is to type the page name into the mobile view's search box, a very unkomfortable way on smartphones. I'd propose a "discuss"-link next to the "normal-view"-link.
Talk pages are now being surfaced in the experimental alpha version of the site "Here be dragons mode". Please enable it via https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileOptions?returnto=Special:MobileOptions (you will need to opt into beta first) Please give feedback on wikitech / mobile-l [1] mailing list or on the MobileFrontend [2] feedback page to drive the development of this enhancement! [1] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l [2] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mobile_projects
It seems to me this remains a bug until the default mobile front-end provides a link to the talk page from each page. Some readers always check the talk page of a page they care about, particularly for popular or controversial topics such as breaking events. No need for new experimental design: Talk pages currently render just fine on the mobile frontend. I would just like a link to them so I don't have to URL-hack every time. See also: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50952
It's on our radar but believe it or not user testing shows that a lot of people are not aware that talk pages even exist. We are being cautious here to ensure that new users get the best first mobile experience rather than a confusing one which leads them to never click it again. We are close so please be patient! :)
Ok :) For my own use case, I would be content with a link at the bottom of the page for now, next to the link to the history page. I rediscovered bug:52165 and left more detailed comments there, since this one is closed as fixed.
