Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Ramsey Isler]

Wo suggested edits! Exciting! (I'm also super pumped about that sepia
theme ^_^)

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:20 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
> , now
> available on the Google Play store.
> We may have missed a release email to this list for our previous minor
> release, so here is a cumulative list of highlights since our last update:
>
> * *Suggested edits*: The app now has a screen (accessible from the left
> navigation menu) that offers suggestions for items to edit. For this
> initial release, this is limited to adding and translating Wikidata
> descriptions.  In future updates, this will be expanded to suggest other
> types of edits.
>
> Note that this feature must be "unlocked" to be accessible: you'll need to
> add or edit at least five (5) Wikidata descriptions in the usual way (using
> the edit icon while reading an article), then wait a while to make sure
> your edits are not reverted. The app will then notify you when the feature
> is unlocked.
>
> * *Improved editing interface*: The article editing screen has a number
> of new conveniences, including the ability to change the font size of the
> wikitext window, the ability to find text within the wikitext window, and a
> series of "syntax" buttons at the bottom, to simplify adding or modifying
> the wikitext syntax at the cursor, as well as "undo" and "redo" buttons.
>
> * *Sepia theme*: As usual, you can change the app's theme in Settings, or
> from the bottom toolbar while reading an article.
>
> * *"Continue reading" bar*: When browsing the Feed, or looking at your
> reading lists, you will now see a "continue reading" bar at the bottom that
> displays your current topmost tab, along with the total number of open tabs
> you currently have.
>
> * *Enhanced table of contents control*: The table of contents now
> features a circular "thumb" scroller that you can hold down and drag to
> scroll quickly through different sections of the article, while
> highlighting the section that is currently in focus.
>
> * *Improved search in reading lists*: Searching within the Reading Lists
> screen will now match results from individual articles in any of your
> reading lists, as well as the names of reading lists themselves.
>
>
> Check it out, and happy reading (and editing)!
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Dmitry Brant
> Senior Software Engineer (Android)
> Wikimedia Foundation
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wikitech-l] Completion of GSoC work : Achievements and Quiz module in Commons app

[Ramsey Isler]

Congrats, Tanvi! Good work :)

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 1:34 PM Tanvi Dadu  wrote:

> Greeting!
> I am Tanvi Dadu,  GSoC 2018 participant. For the past three months, I have
> been working on Achievements Module in Commons App and
> quiz
> and it gives me immense
> happiness to say that I have successfully completed it. Both of the
> features have been released as part of 2.8 version.  My works summary is
> present at my MediaWiki
>  >userpage
> .
>
> I would like to thank my Mentors ,Josephine Lim and Vivek Maskara, and the
> whole Commons team for helping and encouraging me throughout the summer. It
> feels very satisfying and amazing to be part of this community. I had an
> amazing experience with lots of learning involved and I can't thank enough
> to give this wonderful opportunity.
>
> Regards
> Tanvi Dadu
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS named an Editor's Choice

[Ramsey Isler]

Excellent! Congrats to everyone involved. :)

On Saturday, October 28, 2017, Joshua Minor  wrote:

> Hello mobile Wikimedians,
>
> Today Apple named the official Wikipedia app an Editor's Choice. This is
> the highest level of recognition for an app by Apple, and gets us a special
> badge and placements in the App Store. In their email to me about the
> change they explained that they wanted to recognize the great improvements
> to the app on iOS and particularly our work on accessibility over the last
> couple years.
>
> This is great recognition for the team's and volunteer contributor's work,
> but more importantly, puts Wikipedia in its rightful place as a first class
> citizen on the App Store. Its an honor to build an app for something as
> beloved and awesome as Wikimedia, and we're so gratified to see our efforts
> to make the Wikipedia app beautiful, and usefu,l to iOS users acknowledged
> like this.
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
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