[WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
Hi everyone, We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements. Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release: * Enlarged images when browsing articles * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps * Added system language support Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language picker * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved Pages, etc.) * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left languages * Improved page caching * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3] Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! Best, Dmitry Brant Mobile apps team (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788 ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps. Pine On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi everyone, We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements. Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release: * Enlarged images when browsing articles * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps * Added system language support Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language picker * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved Pages, etc.) * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left languages * Improved page caching * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3] Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! Best, Dmitry Brant Mobile apps team (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788 ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
I have an issue with watchlist too. It doesn't work with the WP Beta app at all but if I log into hu.wikipedia.org with Google Chrome with my username I can access my watchlist but it's really basic. Watchlist is really not fun on mobile. *~Orsolya* 2015-07-08 19:33 GMT+02:00 Bahodir Mansurov bmansu...@wikimedia.org: On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
Hi Baha, I'm afraid that support for watchlists is not in the immediate future for the app. However, one thing that we're planning on doing is syncing of saved pages across devices (i.e. the list of saved pages persists with the user's account), but this is also more towards Q2/Q3. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Bahodir Mansurov bmansu...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
Hi Pine, We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for example[1]). The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the app rank higher for different search terms. Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that you would suggest? [1] http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-app/ On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps. Pine On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi everyone, We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements. Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release: * Enlarged images when browsing articles * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps * Added system language support Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language picker * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved Pages, etc.) * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left languages * Improved page caching * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3] Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! Best, Dmitry Brant Mobile apps team (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788 ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
Hi Orsolya, On Jul 8, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Orsolya Gyenes gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu wrote: It doesn't work with the WP Beta app at all but if I log into hu.wikipedia.org http://hu.wikipedia.org/ with Google Chrome with my username I can access my watchlist but it's really basic. I’m just curious what features are missing from the mobile watchlist site? Any specific examples? Thanks, Baha___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
[WikimediaMobile] iOS 4.1.6 released to the App Store
The newest version of the iOS app is available for download here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia-mobile/id324715238?mt=8 This was mostly just some bug fixes with a few updates for article language selections. Check it out if you get a chance. As always you can leave us feedback here, on the app store, or using our in app feedback. Thanks! -- Corey Floyd Software Engineer Mobile Apps / iOS Wikimedia Foundation ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
