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Swiping on smartphones and tablets

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#116 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript

Research direction

Start with the How to Wiki pages and the current navigation behavior behind the arrow-key scrolling tip. The issue does not identify implementation files, tests, or a specific touch interaction; done would require agreeing on the mobile navigation design, implementing it, and verifying it on smartphone and tablet browsers.

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Description

Given that at Nov. 1, 2016, StatCounter announced ...

Internet usage by mobile and tablet devices exceeded desktop worldwide for the first time in October according to independent web analytics company

... should we consciously be giving smartphone and tablet users more love, on federated wiki?

The "How to Wiki" pages says ...

Tip: Use arrow keys to scroll left and right.

... which isn't an affordance available on my Android smartphone or tablet. The only control on a touch screen browser is the back button.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
370
Forks
77
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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