Thanks iOS team! A few of the nice touches in this release:
1. Night/sepia mode 2. Roll of the dice for Random 3. Timeline is super interesting -- I can see a lot of rabbit-holing[1] here :) -Toby [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rabbit_hole_illustration.png On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 2:39 PM, Joshua Minor <jmi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello mobile Wikimedians, > > Today we've released a beta of the Wikipedia app to TestFlight which > includes our most requested feature: dark reading mode! > > Its just one of several new appearance options, including dark and sepia > color modes, image dimming and convenient screen brightness control. > > This release also includes a new "On this day" card in the Explore feed > for four initial languages (English, German, French and Swedish). On this > day is built on the rich anniversary pages[1] and selected anniversaries[2] > available on many Wikipedias, to highlight important events that occurred > on this date. Tap through for a timeline view and swipe back through > history! > > The beta also includes a small sticker pack for iMessage. We worked with > the Wikimedia Foundation's Communications team to create a set of public > domain stickers[3], so you can send wiki memes in texts. Now you can tell > your friends "citation needed!" in a group chat :) These stickers will be > coming to other social media platforms as well, but iOS beta testers get to > try them out first! > > Thanks again to all our testers. If you'd like to become a tester please > sign-up here: > https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7O > JEK82WjVIjs_dSzwIDM0Hnz31A/viewform > > Thanks, > Josh Minor > PM, Wikipedia app for iOS > > > [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_anniversaries > [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/All > [3] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_digita > l_stickers > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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