General comment: I uninstalled the Wikipedia Android app awhile ago, as I was using it little and didn't find that it added much value to tasks that are useful to me. A few days ago, shortly before this update, I installed the app again and was pleasantly surprised by how much development had taken place in the meantime. The app now seems to be much more media-intensive and colorful than mobile web. I'm not sure how much I'll use the app, but I can tell there's been a lot of work invested in it, and the UX is more strongly differentiated from the mobile web interface.
If I knew less about English vocabulary, I think that one of my favorite features in the Android app would be the ease of obtaining definitions from Wiktionary. Overall, I'm impressed. Thanks for the good work. Pine On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app > <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en>, > rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights > from this update (or browse the complete change history > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/APAW/history/master/;r/2.5.190-r-2017-02-24> > ): > > - Contribute to Wikipedia by editing title descriptions for articles that > you browse! (Powered by Wikidata, and currently limited to Russian, Hebrew, > and Catalan Wikipedia. More languages will follow, once we analyze > engagement data with this initial group of communities. If you're > interested, here is the original project outline > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Short_descriptions>, and > the rollout announcement > <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat#Wikidata_description_editing_in_the_Wikipedia_Android_app> > ) > > - Support for two-factor authentication when logging in. > - Improved multi-window support for Samsung devices and for Android Nougat. > - Improved network performance and offline support for cached page > previews. > - Minor UI refinements to image gallery, link previews, and reading lists. > - Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language. > - Numerous bug and crash fixes. > > Special thanks to the volunteer contributors who submitted patches for > this release: > > The Discoverer - [[mw:User:The Discoverer]] > Dinu Kumarasiri - IRC: sandaru, https://github.com/sandarumk > Odysseas Kristalakos - https://github.com/OdysseasKr > Kunal Grover - https://github.com/kunalgrover05 > > If you'd like to help improve the app yourself, take a look at our getting > started > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_hacking> > guide. > We're looking forward to your contributions! > > > [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download > <https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.5.190-releasesprod-2017-02-24.apk> > the > app directly. > > -- > Dmitry Brant > Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android) > Wikimedia Foundation > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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