Official Wikipedia App for iOS Introduces Dark Mode and iMessage Sticker Pack

[jw2002]

What is the big advantage of using a specific app for Wikipedia (for example their own app) vs Safari and just visit Wikipedia website ?

I wonder as well. It seems that Google search would be a far more efficient way of locating a wikipedia page since it can handle my bad spelling.

 

[justperry]

Google as the search engine lasted about 90 seconds after I unboxed the phone.

I am no fan either of Google, but the fact stays, it works with the standard Google search set.

 

[silvetti]

Wiki ....word works if you are on the default search engine which is google.

What am I doing wrong ?
I have Google as default browser (but am on iOS11).

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

How is this easier than just opening an app? It's something we do every day. Like @earthTOmitchel said, wiki apps have additional features that make them more relevant to the user. I'm sure what you described works perfectly fine. It just seems like it's extra work for no additional benefit.

To open the Wikipedia app, you either have to search for it, or you have its icon in a convenient spot.

With my solution, neither is necessary. A simple "!w" in the Safari search bar means "run this search in Wikipedia". If all you ever want to search is Wikipedia, then fine, my solution isn't very useful, but DuckDuckGo has tens of thousands of other bangs. !a will search Amazon, !py will search Python documentation, !so will search StackOverflow, !i will search Google Images, and so on. And you can make suggestions for more - in my experience, they add new bangs that users suggest in under 6 hours.

All of that is accessible from just the Safari icon on your homesceen.

 

[justperry]

What am I doing wrong ?
I have Google as default browser (but am on iOS11).

Mine works with that question, on iOS too.

To open the Wikipedia app, you either have to search for it, or you have its icon in a convenient spot.

With my solution, neither is necessary. A simple "!w" in the Safari search bar means "run this search in Wikipedia". If all you ever want to search is Wikipedia, then fine, my solution isn't very useful, but DuckDuckGo has tens of thousands of other bangs. !a will search Amazon, !py will search Python documentation, !so will search StackOverflow, !i will search Google Images, and so on. And you can make suggestions for more - in my experience, they add new bangs that users suggest in under 6 hours.

All of that is accessible from just the Safari icon on your homesceen.

The problem with this 'solution" is you get too many.
A bit like emojis, there are so many of them that a normal person can't remember them anymore.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

The problem with this 'solution" is you get too many.
A bit like emojis, there are so many of them that a normal person can't remember them anymore.

Not really. You remember the few that are useful to you. There's no reason to remember any of the others. Also, they tend to be pretty obvious abbreviations to people who commonly use/talk about it. Normally if you think "I want to search this website, how would I abbreviate it?" And then just try that, it'll work. Otherwise you can always consult !bang

There's too many emojis because you can't search for them at all, and the few you want are mixed in with the hundreds you don't want.