How do I use Queue mode?
Queue mode is one of the great features in Wikipanion Plus, helping you to organize your Wikipedia browsing. To turn Queue mode on or off, you use the Queue mode flipper in the upper left hand corner of the Queue window in Wikipanion Plus. Flipping this to the queue mode icon (when it shows stacked pages) enables Queued mode.
The most important part of Queue mode however is its link clicking behavior. When you click on a link in Queue mode the link is added to your queue rather than being visited immediately. This means that you can read through Wikipedia topics and click on links throughout the page to mark topics you would like to read in the future. Do all of this while continuing to read the current entry, without the worry of accidently clicking on a link. When you are done reading the current page, hit the queue button to reveal your queue. Note that even if you are in standard mode, you can still add items to your queue — simply hold your finger down over a link until the add to queue notification pops up, then release your finger.
Once you visit a queued item, it will be automatically removed from your queue so you don't have to keep track of what you have already read. Don't worry though, all pages you have visited are added to your history. Your history can be accessed through the bookmarks button in the search bar.
Additionally there are two other useful hidden features built in to Queue mode. If at any time you wish to open a link directly without adding it to the queue, hold your finger down until the direct visit notification appears before releasing your finger. Additionally, you can open the first item in the queue automatically by holding down the queue button until the visit directly notification appears. Then the top queue item will be visited without you having to open up the queue window.
The amount of time you must hold your finger down ("long tap time") before various hold features activate can be controlled in the iPhone's settings, under Wikipanion Plus.
How do I use the page saver for offline and accelerated reading?
There are two easy ways to save pages for offline reading. To save the current page you are reading, visit the bookmarks area. Do this by clicking the bookmark icon in the search bar. If you are already editing text in the search bar, simply hit the clear button on the right side, which will then cause the bookmark icon to be revealed. Then change to the saved pages tab (the far right one with the download button), and hit the plus button in the upper right hand corner. This is also where you can manage your saved pages and remove them as necessary.
The second easy way to save pages for offline reading involves performing all of your browsing in queue mode. This is the most powerful method. Hit the queue button in the lower right hand corner (see "How do I use Queue mode?" above), and then press the "Save Pages" button. At this point the items in your queue that are not already marked for download will display a download icon. Click on each entry's download button to mark the entry for downloading, which will begin immediately if Wikipanion isn't already in the process of downloading other pages. Or, click the "Save Entire Queue" button to batch mark all pages in your queue for downloading.
Wikipanion Plus can also act as a reading accelerator — the "Auto Download" option can automatically download items for you for offline reading. When you enable auto download, you are prompted with a choice for one of two modes. The "Delete" mode will automatically delete pages that have been automatically downloaded after you visit them. Note that it will not delete pages that you have opted to manually save, and you can choose to save the page permanently as long as you are still reading that page. The other mode is "Save" mode, where all entries that are downloaded are kept permanently on the iPhone (until you manually delete them through the saved page manager window, accessible through the blue bookmarks button in the search bar). If you choose the wrong mode, simply turn off auto downloading and turn it on again and the prompt will reappear.