Hi Florian,

Just to follow up via email: Thank you for letting us know about the issue.
Dmitry and I have removed the old translations of What's New from the store
listing. So, this should not happen anymore.

-Bernd

On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:16 AM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:

> > I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of
> > https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en
>
> My fault: "german" play store :) (The suppot requests are in geman, too):
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=de
>
> There is only the following information in "New features" box:
> New in 1.3
> * Much faster page loading on slower connections
> * Styling fixes
> * Fixes for right-to-left languages
> New in 1.2
> * New look and feel for sections
> * Uses the API to load content, is faster
> * References show up in easy to use overlay
> * Pinch to zoom in the maps on ICS and Honeycomb
> * Style fixes for ICS phones
> * Better support for Right to Left languages
> * And plenty of bug fixes!
>
> If i select english (hl=en), i see the updated changes (with nearby).
>
> > but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is
> used for, AFAICT.
>
> Tat's what i'm doing :)
>
> Freundliche Grüße
> Florian Schmidt
>
> -----Original-Nachricht-----
> Betreff: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Android "Nearby" Feature
> Datum: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:10:44 +0200
> Von: Erik Moeller <[email protected]>
> An: "[email protected]" <
> [email protected]>
>
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM, [email protected]
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > But: There are several support requests, why the app now needs the
> > actual position of he device.  I think it would be much better for the
> users
> > to understand this, if the "New features" section contains, that the new
> > update has the nearby feature. Is it planned to update the release
> > notes in Google Play? :)
>
> I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en
>
> - Nearby: Learn more about what's around you by getting links to
> articles about things that are near your current location. (Location
> services are used only by this feature)
>
> Unfortunately, "Android has no mechanism for granting permissions
> dynamically (at run-time) because it complicates the user experience
> to the detriment of security." [1] Perhaps the app team has insights
> into whether that's likely to change but as-is the best we can do is
> tell the user what the permission is used for, AFAICT.
>
> Erik
>
> [1] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html
> --
> Erik Möller
> VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
>
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