Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: > +mobile-l > > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Okay to move this to mobile-l? >> >> >> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting >>> (italics & bold). >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right >>>> between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected >>>> words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few >>>>> interesting things, including this: >>>>> >>>>> device-2015-06-04-225651.png >>>>> <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web> >>>>> >>>>> When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a >>>>> definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a >>>>> native >>>>> component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, >>>>> references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're >>>>> using?) >>>>> >>>>> It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been >>>>> developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such >>>>> a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any >>>>> kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also >>>>> want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions >>>>> (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link >>>>> inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. >>>>> In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> reading-wmf mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> reading-wmf mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle >>> IRC: bgerstle >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> reading-wmf mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >> >> >
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