A Wikipedia Reader for iOS that visualizes the connections between articles

chuinard wrote: post #3

This same feature has been known as a 'LinkMap' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica app. I wonder if they took the idea from Britannica.

We had not seen that before, but it is pretty similar. Thanks for sharing!

Re: A Wikipedia Reader for iOS that visualizes the connections between articles

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Post by alexpenny » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:12 PM UTC

Wow good job on this one Andy.

Re: A Wikipedia Reader for iOS that visualizes the connections between articles

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Post by andymangold » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:14 PM UTC

xlance wrote: post #2

Found this while searching for "Six degrees of Wikipedia" http://www.thewikigame.com

You should also check out "3 Degrees of Wikipedia" http://www.threewiki.com/

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Post by hhimanshu » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:22 PM UTC

I like it, never seen that before with wiki articles

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Post by Chocolator » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:25 PM UTC

My artistic/visually inclined friends will love this.

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Post by smackfu » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:41 PM UTC

I've tried a few Wikipedia apps... I always end up not using them since I find Wikipedia pages via Google and there is no way to redirect you from the web to an app. (Wikipedia could choose to do it on their end but they don't.)

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Post by d5tryr » Tue, Jul 10, 2012, 2:42 PM UTC

It's extremely pretty, though I question some of the UX desicisions.

Double-tapping an item makes it vanish. Due to the seemingly random selection of nodes that appear when re-searching for a parent node, that item may never be seen again...

Seems odd that a gesture like double-tapping, while not often used in iOS, would result in the exact opposite action of the familiar double-clicking to drill down or expand of other UIs.