Hi, Is there going to be a new list of beta testers? I was subscribed before...
Greetings, Sjoerd de Bruin > Op 22 dec. 2015, om 00:34 heeft Joshua Minor <[email protected]> het > volgende geschreven: > > Hello, > > Since last quarter the WMF’s iOS team [1] (part of the Reading product group) > has been working on a major version update to our iOS app [2]. Rather than > adding new features to the existing app, the team took on the goal of > re-thinking our mobile readers, and how we could provide them with a > delightful, app-specific, experience that will keep them reading Wikipedia on > iOS. > > After an extended alpha period we’re ready to share that work with you, and > we’re looking forward to your feedback! > > Sign up for the Beta by registering here: https://goo.gl/forms/hNxPJah57p > <https://goo.gl/forms/hNxPJah57p> > Once we are approved by Apple, you will receive a notification to install the > beta via the TestFlight platform. > > I will also be giving a walkthrough of the app, as a lighting talk tomorrow > at 11 PST. It will be one of several to the WMF’s monthly lightning talks for > Dec, which will stream here: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqhGxtXFbg > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqhGxtXFbg> > > Thanks, > Josh Minor > Product Manager, Reading > > ==More info[3]== > What’s New? > Our aim was to give our users an easier and more inviting way to discover and > read Wikipedia on iOS, and find experiences to keep them engaged. So, there > are few new features or changes to the core features, but an all new > look-and-feel, and many changes to navigation around that core. 5.0 is a > complete overhaul from the ground up, but some major highlights include: > > New Explore screen, a mobile-friendly way to enable that Wikipedia moment of > serendipity > “First time user experience” that helps users get oriented and configure the > app > All new user interface look-and-feel > Tab based navigation for one tap access to your History and Saved pages > Redesigned reader experience, with new page information and table of contents > Easy access to language switching while searching and reading > > Why is the app so different than the previous one? > Although the existing iOS app is well reviewed, and has been featured by > Apple, it has never been able to build a sizable audience. Compared to other > content sites on the internet, our official apps have not been able to keep > our iOS users engaged as they shifted from desktop browsers to mobile apps. > In order to “try again” to see if we could engage readers, and also keep them > engaged, we’re trying a totally new way of presenting ourselves on iOS. You > can read a lot more about this on our project wiki [2] and in this product > presentation [4]. > > What’s this Explore thing? > The app’s Explore screen is a new, mobile friendly, way to experience the joy > of discovery on Wikipedia. It mixes community curated content (from the > en.wikipedia Main Page and Commons) with personally relevant content (based > on articles you’ve read and your device location). All this is compiled > locally on device and presented in a UI paradigm that is friendly to short, > touch based sessions for casual consumption of media. It is an attempt to > find a new way to engage, and re-engage, readers on a regular basis, by > providing them a wide variety of dynamically changing content, presented in a > familiar format. We think it can be very powerful way to enable mobile users > to have that magic Wikipedia moment of discovery. > > Where’s my favorite old feature? > Many features that were previously part of the “W” menu are now included in > the Explore page. Random articles and articles near your location can both be > found by exploring your feed. Other parts of the app now live in the main tab > bar (Recent and Saved pages), or in the upper bar (Settings). Not finding > something you loved? Fill out our feedback form and let us know [5]. > > What’s missing? Known issues? > - Feed language and site: Currently the Explore page takes its content from > your current “site”, based on your current search language. We will need to > add more nuance to our site and language controls. If you are a multilingual > user of the app, we’re particularly interested to get your feedback. > - The app can be overly aggressive about updating/refreshing content. We > erred on the side of getting the “latest” content. > - Some localizations and RTL language support are incomplete (especially on > iOS 8). We are actively working on this. > - Navigation issues: although the tab based main interface has been well > liked by users, the new navigation flows have introduced some inconveniences > for longer sessions and quickly accessing some less frequently used but much > loved features. We look forward to hearing from you about what you like, and > don’t, about the new navigation. > > How can I give feedback? > We have a feedback form you can fill out (anonymously) here [5] or on the > project’s wiki talk page here [2]. > > The team will also be at the wiki dev summit > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit_2016>, if you want > to talk IRL! > > [1] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS> > [2] - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Why_5 > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Why_5> > [3] - Also available on wiki at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ_about_5.0 > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/FAQ_about_5.0> > [4] - > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IOS_Wikipedia_App_5.0_Update.pdf > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IOS_Wikipedia_App_5.0_Update.pdf>[5] > - > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/1NDBPJvWZ0idh9OuQ8pt684c9MwitOHQGsFvXTO4tcs0/viewform > > <https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/forms/d/1NDBPJvWZ0idh9OuQ8pt684c9MwitOHQGsFvXTO4tcs0/viewform> > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
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