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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >
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