[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v6.3 published to app store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Wikimedia iOS app team is excited to announce our next major update is now available on the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 v6.3 is chock-a-block with fixes and features, including: - Been having trouble

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v6.2 for iOS published to app store

Hello mobile wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team is excited to announce our next major release is up on the app store here: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This is our first release focused on major improvements to the editing features

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v6.2 first beta released

Hello mobile Wikipedians, The Wikimedia Foundations' iOS team has released a first beta of our next major release (v6.2) to TestFlight. This release is focused on a major upgrade to the wikitext editing experience. Key features include: - wikitext syntax highlighting with accessible colors

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v6.1 for iOS released to app store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Foundation's iOS team today published an update for the Wikipedia app to the App Store. This is the first in a series of updates focused around editing features and making a great app experience for editing, as well as reading. It also includes a good number of

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v6.0.2 for iOS published

Hello, The Foundation's iOS team today published a minor update to the app store, available here: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This update fixes a couple bugs for iOS 12 users, especially when opening links from Siri search results or other apps.

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v6.0.0 for iOS beta 1 released to TestFlight

Hello mobile Wikipedians, This weekend we released our first beta of the next major version of Wikipedia for iOS, v.6.0.0. This update includes a user controllable Explore feed. Now you can choose which content from which languages you see each day. The new feed has also been visually updated to

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.8.2 published to the App Store

The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team today published a minor update to the Wikipedia app. You can download it here: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This version, v5.8.2, contains a goodly number of usability improvements and bug fixes, including: -

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS v5.8.2 beta 1 available on TestFlight

Hello, The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team released a first beta of our next update to TestFlight. This version, v5.8.2 contains a number of usability and performance improvements, including: - More responsive search box - Larger font size options for large/super high resolution devices -

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.8.1 for iOS published to App Store

Hello mobile wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team is glad to announce the latest update to the Wikipedia app for iOS, version 5.8.1, is available here: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This version includes a small number of bug fixes

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.8.1 beta 1 on TestFlight

Howdy mobile Wikimedians, The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team released an initial beta to TestFlight today. This version, 5.8.1, includes minor usability and bug fixes, especially related to RTL languages. If you'd like to be a beta tester please sign up here:

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.8.0 for iOS published to App Store

As mentioned earlier today on list, the Wikipedia iOS app has a major update, v5.8.0, now available on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This release adds Reading Lists, which allow you to organize your saved pages into folders. You can

[WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Engineering] Reminder: Share you feedback in this Wikimedia survey

x-posting to mobile-l... If you are a volunteer working on mobile stuff, please consider participating in the survey so mobile focused folk are represented as a part of the developer community. Thanks! -- Forwarded message -- From: Edward Galvez Date: Thu,

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.8.0 beta 1 released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Wikipedia iOS app team is excited to announce the initial beta of our next major version (5.8.0) has been released to TestFlight. This update adds Reading Lists that let you organize and sync saved articles across the Wikipedia apps[1]. Reading Lists allow you to

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.7.5 for iOS released

Hello mobile wikimedians, Now available on the App Store: the latest update of the Wikipedia app https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?ls=1=8 This is a small update to improve stability when using the Table of Contents on iPad, and to address an minor issue with deleting search

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v 5.7.4

Hello mobile Wikimedians, A minor update for the Wikipedia app for iOS is now available on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?ls=1=8 This version fixes minor issues with image loading, particularly when connections are interrupted or the app is backgrounded.

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v.5.7.3 released to App Store

Hello, Now, in the app store, version 5.7.3 of Wikipedia for iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/view Software?id=324715238=8 In addition to a lot of small bug fixes, this version includes a handful of appearance improvements: - New "Black" reading theme, perfect for

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v.5.7.2 released to App Store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Wikipedia iOS team today released a minor update to the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 This update is a minor bug fix which addresses issues with In the News content (particularly for English), and also

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.7.1 released to App Store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, This afternoon we released a minor update to the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8 This version adds an improved article preview experience (for 3d touch users), a fix for pull-to-refresh issues and other small fixes and stability

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS 5.7.1 beta released to TestFlight

Hello mobile Wikimedians, This morning the iOS app team pushed a beta version of our upcoming release to test users on TestFlight. This version adds an improved article preview experience (for 3d touch users), improvements to graphs and charts in dark/sepia mode, and a fix for pull-to-refresh

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS named an Editor's Choice

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

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.7.0 for iOS published to App Store

Howdy mobile Wikimedians, The latest update for the Wikipedia iOS app is now available on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=324715238=8 Version 5.7.0 includes major improvements to our sharing experience, including a easier to read, and better

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.7.0 released to beta

Hello mobile wikimedians, Today the Wikipedia iOS team released an initial beta of our upcoming version, 5.7.0 This update includes: - simpler, easier to use, sharing, including an updated design to our share-a-fact cards - a new first time user on-boarding based on user research about

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.6.1 for iOS released

been adding additional language support for "On this day" via API updates. Recently added languages include Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Arabic. As usual, thanks to our testers and translators. And super thanks to volunteer contributor GianmarcoMsalerno for the patch! Thanks, Joshu

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.6.1 for iOS released to beta

Hello, This morning the WMF's iOS app team pushed an initial beta of our upcoming minor release to our TestFlight users. This update includes: - various small fixes and refinements to the dark reading appearance, especially for some tables and templates - fix for occasional crash while

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.6.0 for iOS released to App Store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, Today we've released a *major* update of the Wikipedia app to the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8 This update includes our most requested feature: dark reading mode! Its just one of several new appearance options, including dark

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.6.0 for iOS released to TestFlight

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.

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Foundation is hiring an Android App PM

Hello, The official Wikimedia app, downloaded by millions, and rated 4.4 stars by users, is looking for a full time product owner! Join the Wikimedia Foundation and work with great engineers, designers, researchers and communities of users to build features, products and services relied on by

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.5.1 for iOS released

Hello, The latest version of the official Wikipedia app for iOS is now up on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8 This version includes small bug fixes and refinements to VoiceOver support for Places. Super thanks to NHarateh and Emoudahi2 for their

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.5.0 released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The iOS team is excited to announce that v5.5.0 of the Wikipedia app for iOS is now available in the app store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8 This is a MAJOR update with tons of bug fixes and improvements. Highlights include: - New

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.5.0 for iOS released to beta

Hello, The Wikipedia iOS app team is excited to announce the first beta of our next big update. TestFlight users should be able to install this update now. If you'd like to join our beta test group (please!) sign up here:

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.4.1 for iOS Released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The WMF's iOS team is excited to announce version 5.4.1 of Wikipedia for iOS is now available on the App Store ! This version contains no new features but makes significant changes internally to reduce the

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.4.1 for iOS beta <- testers please install

Hello, The iOS team has recently pushed a release candidate beta of the Wikipedia app to our TestFlight users. This version contains no new features, but makes major improvements under the hood. These changes should result in the app using less resources (disk space and background battery,

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.4.0 for iOS released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, This morning the iOS app team published an update of the Wikipedia app to the App Store[1]. This update includes: - Totally rebuilt account management system, including support for two-factor login, password reset and accessible account creation - Improved image

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.4.0 updated beta

Hello mobile Wikimedians, We've just pushed an updated beta of the 5.4.0 version of the Wikipedia app for iOS. This beta is a release candidate that we hope to publish to the app store early next week. This updated beta finishes our work on our new Login system (including two factor

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.4.0 beta 1 released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The iOS app team just pushed an initial beta of our next major update to our TestFlight channel. If you'd like to enroll as an iOS beta tester please sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7OJEK82WjVIjs_dSzwIDM0Hnz31A/viewform This

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.3.4 for iOS released to store

Live from the Dev Summit, we just released a small update for the Wikipedia iOS app to the App Store. Version 5.3.4 includes a handful of stability and bug fixes, particularly when starting the app or using the Share-a-fact feature. Thanks, Josh Minor PM, Wikipedia for iOS

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.3.4 for iOS beta 1 released

Hello, Happy new year! New year, new version... We just posted a first beta of v5.3.4 to our TestFlight beta channel. This version improves stability, particularly at start up and with image loading, along with a handful of other bug fixes. If you'd like to sign up as a beta tester, please join

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.3.3 for iOS released

Hello, Version 5.3.3 of the Wikipedia app for iOS has been released to the app store[1]. This minor update includes improvements to performance and stability, particularly when loading many articles in quick succession and refreshing the Explore feed. Thanks, Josh Minor PM, Wikipedia for iOS

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.3.2 released to app store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, We've just released an update for Wikipedia for iOS to the App Store[1]. This version includes support for iOS's Dynamic Type setting, which allows users to increase the size of text, not just in articles, but of buttons and other UI elements. This is a major piece of

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.3.2 for iOS now in beta

Hello, Beta testers[1] should now be able to install v5.3.2 of the Wikipedia app via TestFlight. This version brings two major updates: - Support for variable size text throughout the app, based on the user's OS level Text Size accessibility setting (aka "Dynamic Type") - Improved database,

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia 5.3.0 beta 4 for iOS

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The WMF iOS app team just pushed an updated beta to our TestFlight channel. In this beta, we have altered the criteria for when an "In the news" item should trigger a notification. In our modeling over the summer we expected our notability criteria[1] to result in 3-5

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Accessibility Sprint

/wild37/status/792485190924955648). We're working through your pull requests. Thanks, Josh On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 1:44 PM, Joshua Minor <jmi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello, > > We all know the vision: All the knowledge. Every single human being. > > To achieve this, we

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia 5.3.0 beta 3 for iOS

Hello mobile Wikimedians, We've just pushed another beta of our upcoming release to our TestFlight channel. This update fixes: - Register our Notifications with the OS, so users are correctly asked for permission and notifications can actually be sent - Lots of crash fixes, especially

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia 5.3.0 for iOS beta release

Hello, The beta of the next version (5.3.0) of the Wikipedia app for iOS is now available to beta testers on TestFlight. This beta includes a few significant improvements: - Support for simplified and other Chinese character preferences for zh Wikipedia - Major improvements in the loading and

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.2.1 for iOS released to App Store

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Wikipedia iOS app team just released a small update to the app store[1]. Version 5.2.1 addresses a handful of bugs with our new widgets, improves responsiveness when swiping back to read previous articles, and fixes problems saving pages. It also includes some

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Huge App Store Features from Apple!

is >> heavily promoting the Wikipedia app in their App Stores. Here are some >> screenshots from two separate collections: "Do More on Your Lock Screen" >> and "Enhanced for 3D Touch". We expect this to be a major driver in >> awareness and new downlo

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.2.0 for iOS released

Hello mobile Wikimedians, A new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS was released to the App Store[1] this morning, alongside Apple's iOS 10 update. This version includes a number of iOS 10 compatibility features and improvements. We strongly recommend that users who have updated their OS also

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.1.1 released, 5.2.0 in beta

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The Wikipedia iOS app team is excited to announce two releases today. We released version 5.1.1 to the App Store [1]. This is a small update which addresses some instability introduced in our last release, particularly for iPad users. We also released our upcoming

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.1.0 released

Hello, This morning the WMF's iOS app team released version 5.1.0 to the app store [1] This version includes: *- Search within articles!!!* - New designs to make reading and exploring on iPads even better - Faster browsing for users with large histories and saved page libraries - Nearby

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.1 beta 3

Hello mobile Wikimedians, We've just posted another beta to TestFlight for the next release of the Wikipedia app for iOS. We expect this to be the final beta before we release to 5.1 to the store next week. This release includes: - Search for text within page - Major improvements to

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS 5.1 beta update

Hello, A fresh version of our upcoming 5.1 release should now be available to Beta testers via TestFlight. This version improves the reading and Explore experience for large screen devices and add find-in-page functionality to the article toolbar. As always we appreciate our testers feedback,

[WikimediaMobile] [Apps] Wikipedia for iOS 5.0.5 released to App Store

Hello mobile wikimedians, Big day for Wikipedia apps. First, big congrats to the Android team on today's awesome update! On iOS, after a long beta testing period[1], focusing on improving performance and reducing crashes and instability, we've released the 5.0.5 version of Wikipedia to the App

[WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Wmfall] Launching Project Grants!

Cross-posting from various lists... *TL;DR a new Foundation grant program starts today. Recent posts to this list highlighted efforts to revive and improve Android Commons app by Josephine Lim, with a similar type of grant[1]. Grants with this new program could be a great source of support for

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS v5.0.5 beta 4 -- help test

Hello, As previously posted on list, the WMF's iOS app team has been focused on improving the performance and stability of the app with our next update[1]. We've made huge improvements under the hood with this version, and we're optimistic users will see faster article loading and less crashes.

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.0.5 for iOS beta 3

Hello, On Friday of last week, the Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team pushed a new version to our beta channel[1]. During this testing we discovered a regression with tapping images in articles, and have just pushed a very slightly updated version to TestFlight. This is our release candidate build

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Update: Upload to Commons Android app

Congratulations Josephine! Looking forward to see how the app improves... Cheers, Josh On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:51 AM, Michael Holloway wrote: > Nice work, Josephine, congratulations! > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 2:39 AM, Florian Schmidt < >

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia for iOS Update

Hello mobile wikimedians, *tl;dr Today we pushed a beta for our next version, 5.0.5, to beta testers with major stability and performance updates under the hood. We’re thinking about notifications and nearby features, so take a look [7,9] and let us know what you think.* == 5.0.5 beta 2 Released

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia v5.0.4 for iOS released to app store

Last week we released the 5.0.3 update to the iOS app. Although testers reported stability issues in the earlier builds, we believed we had resolved all these issues prior to submitting to the app store. We were wrong. To begin to address this, today we released version 5.0.4, now available for

Re: [WikimediaMobile] iOS 5.0.3 beta update

Hello again, the issues with our initial distribution have been resolved and the real beta release is now available via TestFlight for registered testers. Apologies for the release snafu, and the extra email. Have a great weekend, Josh On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:25 PM, Joshua Minor <

Re: [WikimediaMobile] iOS 5.0.3 beta update

, Josh On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Joshua Minor <jmi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hello mobile Wikimedians, > > The iOS team is glad to announce a second beta release for the upcoming > 5.0.3 version of the app. > > 5.0.3 is a minor release to address bugs and u

[WikimediaMobile] iOS 5.0.3 beta update

Hello mobile Wikimedians, The iOS team is glad to announce a second beta release for the upcoming 5.0.3 version of the app. 5.0.3 is a minor release to address bugs and usability issues reported by users. We've fixed the Main Pages so that they update as expected, patched an issue with log-ins

Re: [WikimediaMobile] New features in the Android app enabled by Mobile Content Service

Awesome Dmitry! The iOS team is definitely looking forward to adopting the Mobile Content Service in future versions. Thanks to the Android team and the Services team for helping blaze this trail. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Dmitry Brant wrote: > Hi everyone, > > In

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia iOS v5.0.1 released

Hello, Hot on the heals of our major update, the WMF iOS app team is happy to announce the release of a small bugfix update. Version 5.0.1 is currently rolling out on iTunes. It includes fixes to bugs and issues. Some highlights: - Sharing now works on all articles - Clean up of some article

Re: [WikimediaMobile] iOS App Release

read. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Legoktm <legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On 03/10/2016 06:19 PM, Joshua Minor wrote: > > This morning the 5.0.0 update to the Wikipedia Mobile iOS app went live > > on the App Store[1]. As previously described on list[2]

Re: [WikimediaMobile] iOS Release Candidate

! On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Joshua Minor <jmi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Brion's correct. We have to submit localizations when we submit the app > for review, so any translations after Wednesday morning will get sync'ed > into the next update. We will, most likely, have a fast

Re: [WikimediaMobile] iOS Release Candidate

> > It takes a few days to get a release through store review, so yes the > latest additions won't be in at first. But bug fix releases will probably > come soon and should pick them up. > > -- brion > > >> >> Greetings, >> >> Sjoerd de Bruin >

[WikimediaMobile] iOS Release Candidate

Hello mobile Wikimedians, I'm excited to announce that we submitted a release candidate of our major update today, and plan to release publicly on Wednesday March 9th. If you are in the beta you should be able to install the release now from TestFlight. We are working with Communications on

[WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia Mobile v5 for iOS - Last chance to beta test...

Hello mobile wikimedians, In late December the Foundation's iOS team announced[1] a public beta of a major overhaul[2] of the iOS Wikipedia app. Today we delivered what we hope will be a final beta before launch, and are primarily in bug fix and visual touches mode. If you would like to

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Beta of Wikipedia 5.0.0 for iOS

. > > Greetings, > > Sjoerd de Bruin > > Op 22 dec. 2015, om 00:34 heeft Joshua Minor <jmi...@wikimedia.org> het > volgende geschreven: > > Hello, > > Since last quarter the WMF’s iOS team [1] (part of the Reading product > group) has been working on a major ve

[WikimediaMobile] Beta of Wikipedia 5.0.0 for iOS

Hello, Since last quarter the WMF’s iOS team [1] (part of the Reading product group) has been working on a major version update to our iOS app [2]. Rather than adding new features to the existing app, the team took on the goal of re-thinking our mobile readers, and how we could provide them with

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Front page on mobile interfaces

Hi Pine, thanks for the interesting link. I'll say from the iOS side, we are working on incorporating a feed as the homepage of the app. The initial contents of the feed will be article of the day, nearby articles and articles related to articles you recently read. However the nice thing about a