Last modified: 2012-05-04 13:14:48 UTC
Before version 1.2 of the app, the interlanguage links list showed language names. Starting with version 1.2, this list shows article names and the language *code* rather than language name in parentheses. Showing the language code is definitely a bad idea, because most people don't know them and will have hard time identifying them in the long lists. The name of the article in the native language doesn't help, because it can be spelled the same way in many languages. Besides, showing the article name may also be problematic. Though it's a nice idea in general, it will not work well for long article names, for example "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind". If it's important for some reason to show the article name, then the language name must be shown before it. Finally, the usage of parentheses does a lot of mess in right-to-left environments. Please note Bug 36401 when working on this one.
Fixed in https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile/pull/226 Shows Article name + Language name in parens. Exploring other ways to expose both information nicely.
