+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso <ab...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Okay to move this to mobile-l? > > > On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle <bgers...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting >> (italics & bold). >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann <be...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right >>> between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected >>> words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbr...@wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few >>>> interesting things, including this: >>>> >>>> device-2015-06-04-225651.png >>>> <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web> >>>> >>>> When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a >>>> definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native >>>> component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, >>>> references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're >>>> using?) >>>> >>>> It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been >>>> developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such >>>> a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any >>>> kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also >>>> want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions >>>> (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc... >>>> >>>> >>>> p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link >>>> inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. >>>> In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext! >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> reading-wmf mailing list >>>> reading-...@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> reading-wmf mailing list >>> reading-...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle >> IRC: bgerstle >> > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > reading-...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > >
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