Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

+ Kouroush A summary of ideas: *WP as destination:* -Sister projects swipable from cards -WMF owned OS integration/browser add-ons *WP as platform:* -API for 'cards' on topics/JS library -Make sure API changes aren't breaking experience for: apple, google, amazon? -Help kindle optimize their cal

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:04 AM, S Page wrote: > Maybe WMF should offer its own browser- or OS-level integration, pushing > the reading experience way beyond our sites. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_tools lists various > browser addons, such as Lookup companion for Wiki >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

Great find! Since we're mentioning similar features, the Google Dictionary Chromium / Chrome extension (by Google) performs a similar function. [image: Inline image 1] --stephen On Mon, Jun 8,

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant wrote: > (I wonder what API they're using?) > api.log logs all API requests, but doesn't include referer. Cross-referencing warnings in api-feature-usage (below) suggests at least some requests like action=query format=json titles=dotage redirects=

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

FWIW, they are also doing basically the same thing in the e-ink hardware Kindles. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Dmitry Brant wrote: > +mobile-l > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso wrote: > >> Okay to move this to mobile-l? >> >> >> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle wrote: >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

Message sent. On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant wrote: > Sure! When I highlight the word "London", the Wikipedia preview contains > an IPA block that has a link which, when pressed, causes the app to crash. > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Adam Baso > wrote: > >> Thanks. Want me to re

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

I would guess they are using the extracts. It returns pretty clean html with the content. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&format=jsonfm&exintro=&titles=plebeian&redirects= You can also request plain text https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

Sure! When I highlight the word "London", the Wikipedia preview contains an IPA block that has a link which, when pressed, causes the app to crash. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Adam Baso wrote: > Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they > can patch it? > > >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it? On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant wrote: > +mobile-l > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso > wrote: > >> Okay to move this to mobile-l? >> >> >> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle > > wrot

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

+mobile-l On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso wrote: > Okay to move this to mobile-l? > > > On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle wrote: > >> While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting >> (italics & bold). >> >> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzman