[WikimediaMobile] QRpedia needs your support

2012-02-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
Please support QRpedia (the Wikipedia QR code project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia ) by voting it up at: http://www.telecoms.com/40186/qrpedia-language-code/ Thank you. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

[WikimediaMobile] [crossposted] QRpedia item on BBC website

2012-02-24 Thread Andy Mabbett
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17141464 ;-) -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

[WikimediaMobile] Route diagram display problems

2012-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
There's a problem with the display of route diagrams on mobile en.wp (and presumably others), and the app; please see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Route_diagram_template#RDT_in_mobile_view for details. Can anyone suggest a fix? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Route diagram display problems

2012-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
correctly. > > I have created this bug > - https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34711 - so you can follow > progress on this issue. > > Best wishes > Jon > > On 25 Feb 2012 11:55, "Patrick Reilly" wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sat, Fe

[WikimediaMobile] Another mobile-CSS bug

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility#Horizontal_lists for background. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/m

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Another mobile-CSS bug

2012-02-28 Thread Andy Mabbett
l, > .hlist ul { >        margin: 0; > } > > .hlist dd, .hlist dt, .hlist li { >        display: inline; >        margin: 0; > } > [2] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22659 > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Andy Mabbett > wrote: >> Another

[WikimediaMobile] Can't zoom mobile Wikipedia

2012-03-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
A visually impaired web-developer friend pointed out to me the other day that he has problems using mobile en.Wikipedia, because "the viewport meta setting's locked so [pinch to] zoom isn't possible". Is there a reason for this, or can it be changed? -- Andy Mabbett

[WikimediaMobile] First QRpedia deployment in a church

2012-03-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
s_Goodwin [8] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stimpson -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

Re: [WikimediaMobile] First QRpedia deployment in a church

2012-03-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
Images now uploaded: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles/Pigsonthewing On 23 March 2012 15:16, Andy Mabbett wrote: > Folks, > > It's my pleasure to announce that one of Birmingham's historic churches, > St Paul's, in the city's Jewellery Qua

[WikimediaMobile] QRpedia's first railway station

2012-04-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
QRpedia is now deployed - for eight articles - at the historic Moor Street Railway Station, Birmingham, England, courtesy of the Centenary Lounge cafe there. This is QRpedia's first train station, and indeed transport hub of any kind. More details and pictures to follow. -- Andy Ma

Re: [WikimediaMobile] QRpedia's first railway station

2012-04-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRpedia ! ;-) On 26 April 2012 16:24, Tei wrote: > How this works? > > Do the QR image encode a url, that qr readers work by default? > > I just tested on my phone (a iPhone) and it just did that. Seems fantastic. > > On 26 April 2012 16:02

Re: [WikimediaMobile] QRpedia's first railway station

2012-04-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 26 April 2012 15:02, Andy Mabbett wrote: > QRpedia is now deployed - for eight articles - at the historic Moor > Street Railway Station, Birmingham, England, courtesy of the > Centenary Lounge cafe there. Pictures now in: http://commons.wikimedia

[WikimediaMobile] Coordinates missing in latest Android beta/ mobile pages

2012-05-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
anch_Canal> the table of features, including a coordinates column, is missing. This is also the case on mobile pages like <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherton_Tunnel_Branch_Canal> Can we reverse this, if it's a recent change, or fix it, otherwise, so that this valuable

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Coordinates missing in latest Android beta/ mobile pages

2012-05-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
; <http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherton_Tunnel_Branch_Canal> > >> Can we reverse this, if it's a recent  change, or fix it, otherwise, >> so that this valuable content is visible? > > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/36627 > > Fixed, being deployed AT

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Mobile Feedback] Main page

2012-07-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
t;> Wikipanion or Wikiamo, two apps I downloaded before the "official" app was >> available, show the whole Main Page. In short, the Main Page isn't the Main >> Page without all of its sections. The other apps don't display it as >> gracefully as possible

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Language problems

2012-07-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
le instead of > the it.wp one, as it should be. (I don't know if this bug is already > known) I'm not sure the latter is what I'd expect; but perhaps in both cases the app should ask which language the user wants to search/ share in? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsont

[WikimediaMobile] Wide tables truncated on mobille site and in Android app; content inaccessible

2012-07-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
nfobox is missing). I haven't seen this discussed previously; and it's such a significant loss of content that I think resolving it should be a high priority. I'm using an HTC Desire HD, with the default browser. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http:/

Re: [WikimediaMobile] New Wikipedia registration page being tested in English

2012-10-06 Thread Andy Mabbett
y sign up on shared computers in libraries, colleges and training suites. We need to be mindful of their security. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wiki

[WikimediaMobile] uk.wikimedia.org (and others?) fail on mobile

2012-10-23 Thread Andy Mabbett
ot; affects all *.wikimedia.org addresses (at least the ones of chapters hosted by the WMF);" I'm assured that this has been raised with the devs responsible more than once previously, but there's still no sign of a fix. Can someone do something to resolve the matter, urgen

[WikimediaMobile] Audio files hidden on mobile

2012-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
nterest on mobile devices (a bird song while in the field, for instance). -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

[WikimediaMobile] en.Wikipedia main page incomplete in mobile

2012-11-14 Thread Andy Mabbett
cts could these not be provide as collapsed sections, or links to sub-pages? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

[WikimediaMobile] Request for 'random page' feature

2012-11-27 Thread Andy Mabbett
I've just received this request, from an app user, via OTRS: > The mobile Android app is pretty good overall, but a feature I'd like to > see implemented in an update is Random page. I always use it when > I'm on my laptop, so having access to it on the go would be

[WikimediaMobile] Self reference and mobile

2012-12-08 Thread Andy Mabbett
hat reuse our content). I've raised a discussion <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Self_reference_and_mobile> about how we might deal with this. Your suggestions would be welcome. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk __

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Spike in mobile editing errors

2013-11-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
Someone should write this up as a Wikimedia blog post, as a story about how (if I may put this way for brevity) Wikipedia isn't just for geeks. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk On Nov 22, 2013 8:44 PM, "Jon Robson" wrote: > Isn't data interesti

[WikimediaMobile] Audio and video help for mobile users

2014-01-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
n which they've released clips of broadcast material under open licence, for the first time. Assisting mobile users to play our media more easily will lend weight to future requests to them and other archive holders, to release audio-visual resources under open licences. -- Andy Mabbett @pig

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Android night mode colors

2014-07-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
d (black) > color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav menu As I noted a while ago, red on black is used in many nighttime apps, such as those for astronomers. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mo

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Server-side face detection

2014-11-10 Thread Andy Mabbett
Where's the image's caption? On Nov 10, 2014 8:25 PM, "Dan Garry" wrote: > There are tons of cards in Trello about it. That said, it may be easier > for me to just show you a screenshot of the latest alpha. Here it is: > http://i.imgur.com/RKZJQHD.png > > Dan > > On 10 November 2014 12:04, Federi

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-18 Thread Andy Mabbett
rts of the page, even when the image was scrolled off-screen. > * Wikidata descriptions in Nearby search results. When will we get the pins-on-map view back? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@list

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
x27; possible alignment"; I'd say "unable to display images in an adequate manner". > For now, all we can do is default to centering the image in that > viewing area. I trust this feature won't go live until the issue is properl

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 18 December 2014 at 23:17, Vibha Bamba wrote: > focal point repositioning for images as a micro-contribution Where can we find out more about this development, please? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobil

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
dership I'd like to know how the image linked above could be considered helpful to a reader. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
resources to solve this and other issues, and to enable more or faster improvements in the future. But I don't see it as justification for proceeding with what appears to be a significant bug still in place, and one for which no solution appears to be in sight. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewi

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
e it?) Or did you test using images where the cropping applied didn't result in such inanity? -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Beta Android app update

2014-12-20 Thread Andy Mabbett
black bars in the narrower dimensions margins, the zoom in to aspect fill the > crop box. These three (and your subsequent " rotational 3D transform" idea) would need to satisfy WCAG guidelines on movement; and be tested by people with susc

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Stripping content inside brackets from the first sentence of articles

2015-04-09 Thread Andy Mabbett
r together. I'd like to see that evidenced in changes to the way modifications to the mobile app (and mobile website) are proposed, considered and implemented. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobil

[WikimediaMobile] Android app: nearby, but elsewhere

2016-02-01 Thread Andy Mabbett
t could either be by scrolling or typing in the name of a far-flung place, or by tapping on the coordinates in a geo-tagged article. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https:/

[WikimediaMobile] Flyover Country app will make your flights more interesting

2016-03-31 Thread Andy Mabbett
Interesting looking app; works offline to display info on what's below an aircraft, including Wikipedia article titles: http://www.gadgette.com/2016/03/23/this-app-will-make-your-flights-much-more-interesting-and-educational/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.o

[WikimediaMobile] Redlinks in Android app

2016-08-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
e so it says "Sorry, that page does not exist", with a link to a guide to starting a new article -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk ___ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

[WikimediaMobile] Image recognition app scans paintings to act like Shazam for art

2017-03-03 Thread Andy Mabbett
This is interesting, and something we could emulate, given the amount of artworks on Commons/ Wikidata: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2123373-image-recognition-app-scans-paintings-to-act-like-shazam-for-art/ -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk