Archive for August, 2009
Wapedia
Wapedia is a fast Wikipedia interface on the myTouch and Android. This myTouch App brings all the wonderful features of Wikipedia right to your fingers. It supports search, featured articles on Wikipedia, and (the best) random articles. Formatting is excellent, and both image and text content wrap perfectly into your myTouch’s screen with no jumps or awkward breaks. Since Wikipedia comes with a News category, this app can also act as an up-to-date News reader. It works perfectly with many international versions and multiple languages. Caching could be improved, since images don’t seem to load any faster even if you’ve already visited them before.Â
 
Unfortunately, the current version does not support collapsible sections. You may find that longer articles can be a long wall of text which can mean losing track of your position relative to other sections. Navigation itself is not impacted, since most Wiki pages offer the ability to jump to a section from the top of the page with a single click. Wapedia also does smart auto-complete of article titles which can save you a significant amount of typing on the myTouch’s soft keyboard. In addition to collapsible section headers, features that you might miss right now include the ability to switch to a text-only mode (which can significantly speed up the application), and the ability to bookmark articles for later reference. Overall, this is a wonderful app for browsing Wikipedia in a fast, clean, and intuitive manner.
