This is a basic list of iNaturalist.org features. I thought it would be handy to have a quick reference with links. If you see a feature missing, you can add to this list! This post is a wiki, so you don’t need to comment your suggested change - you can just edit this post directly. There should be…

I hadn’t heard about atlases or trips. Good to know. Are they listed on a menu somewhere? I can’t see them…

Atlases are linked on taxon pages (Curation menu) and in the Curator Guide.

[image] bouteloua: A simplified table of the differences between platforms might be cool to have but let’s avoid that here for now.) It seems like such a table would be very useful, especially for avoiding misunderstandings. Perhaps take your list and add a couple columns for the platforms; …

I included that note about the scope of this topic because there isn’t enough space on forum posts to create a comparison table with the level of detail I would like to provide here (at least not in a succinct and visually appealing way), although others are of course free to separately develop a ta…

Would the identotron be a feature that should be listed? Perhaps I missed the identotron in the list? The only way I know to open the identotron is to right click on a Compare button in an identification and choose “Open in a new tab.” Is there another more obvious way to launch this feature? [Edi…

[image] bouteloua: Attach photos, sounds, and/or GIFs I got a welcome as a wiki editor (thank you!). Yet, someone undid my edit. I clarified that sounds can only be added by using the in-app editor on iOS . But, some one removed that. Perhaps they do not realize how frustrating it is for …

You can see everyone’s edits in the edit history in the top right of a wiki post. I removed the note about iOS for the reasons I mentioned above. Again please do feel empowered to start your own list of differences. I would like this list of features to be as succinct as possible. Thanks!

[image] bouteloua: I would like this list of features to be as succinct as possible. Respectfully, in such cases, too succinct becomes inaccurate and confusing for iOS users. Doesn’t the term wiki imply the aspiration of completeness?

I am also learning to check if a newbie is on an app - that - I must comment because they don’t get a private message. We all need to know that.

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teellbee January 10, 2022, 12:52am 5

It seems like such a table would be very useful, especially for avoiding misunderstandings.

Perhaps take your list and add a couple columns for the platforms; then add dots in the columns to show what platforms have that feature?

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