File talk:MA page bottom on Android.png

Bp took this screencap from a mobile device running the (which has a browser that uses the  rendering engine). As an user, I'd like to say it looked much worse on the  (which, strangely enough, also using a WebKit-based browser). The text was squished and larger, making it difficult to read. The worst part, however, is the sections, which are all collapsed – the user must manually open up each one. In addition, Wikia kept changing the look of it (eg, changing it to a generic black-on-white layout that looked identical to other wikis on Wikia).

But there's a somewhat happy ending: Wikia finally provided the option for a mobile user to opt-out of the new mobile version and use monobook. This is sub-optimal of course, but at least we mobile users have full functionality restored. (MediaWiki has a cautionary note informing those who implement the JavaScript that executes before any user-specific JS and forces the mobile version: they specifically state that there should be an option for mobile users to opt-out.)

Still, I have no idea why they changed the mobile version. The older one seemed optimized for mobile users: it was light-weight yet offered full functionality. The new one doesn't even let someone log out!

Thanks, Bp, for uploading this. I just wanted to make others aware that it looks (or looked; I've switched to monobook) much worse on an iPhone/iPod touch. Oh, one more thing: once you've switched to monobook, it's not possible to go back to the mobile version unless you clear your cookies/cache.

--Cepstrum (talk) 20:47, December 19, 2010 (UTC)