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Editor Feature |
Desktop | Mobile Web | iOS app | Android app | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP | User | IP | User | IP | User | IP | User | |
| Tag | (none) | Mobile web edit | iOS app edit | Android app edit | ||||
| "New message" alert[a] | Peach bar of doom | Miniature orange bar of doom[b] | Flaky[1][c] | Looks like other alerts[2] | No (?)[3] | Sometimes (since Jun 2022)[4][d] | Kinda, but subject to certain weird limitations[e][5] | Looks like other alerts |
| Other alerts[a] | — | Yes[f] | — | Yes | — | Sometimes (since Jun 2022)[4][d] | — | Yes[7] |
| Custom block messages | Yes | Yes | Yes[8] | Yes[8] | Yes (since Mar 2023)[9] | Yes (since Mar 2023)[9] | Seems flaky[10] | Yes[11] |
| Partial block shown as partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[11] | Yes[11] |
| Editnotices[g] | Yes[h][i] | Yes[h][i] | Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget[12] | Yes via T316178 and JavaScript gadget[12] | Yes[13] | Yes[13] | Yes[14] | Yes[14] |
| Talk page banners (e.g. {{FAQ}}) | Yes | Yes | Hidden behind tiny link[15] | Hidden behind tiny link[15] | Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled | Prominently shown, but some messages are mangled | Shown as a regular section[j] | Shown as a regular section[j] |
| Custom edit filter messages | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (since Mar 2023) | Yes (since Mar 2023) | Mostly[k][16] | Mostly[k][16] |
| CentralNotices[l] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
