When people paste pdf links into the citoid field attempt to generate a citation for pdf links in Citoid [i], we generally say "we cannot make a citation for you." However we could probably improve this experience.
This task involves the work of identifying ways in which we could improve the experience for people attempting to use Citoid to generate citations.
The work to implement the specific interventions we identify through this task will happen in separate tickets.
- Converging on the intervention to improve this experience that we'
UX Improvement Ideas
ID | Description | Ticket (if any) | Reference/mockup |
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1. | Implement field validation so that people are made aware that Citoid does not currently support .pdfs | @nayoub is imagining an experience similar to what we currently offer within the link inspector: | |
2. | After tapping the Create button, offer people a way to manually generate the citation themselves. | T364595 | We're imagining something similar to what we're implementing in T364595: |
3. | When people attempt to use Citoid to generate a citation for a PDF, pass .pdf URL to a template for them to finish populating | ||
i. Based on what I (@ppelberg) have observed, Citoid offers people feedback about not being able to generate citations for pdfs after they explicitly tap the Create button (en.wiki). Currently, this feedback is NOT offered immediately upon someone pasting a pdf link into Citoid's text field.