Message sent. On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> 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] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> +mobile-l >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Okay to move this to mobile-l? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle <[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] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>>> >>>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> >
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