Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en>, now
> available on the Google Play store.
> We may have missed a release email to this list for our previous minor
> release, so here is a cumulative list of highlights since our last update:
>
> * *Suggested edits*: The app now has a screen (accessible from the left
> navigation menu) that offers suggestions for items to edit. For this
> initial release, this is limited to adding and translating Wikidata
> descriptions.  In future updates, this will be expanded to suggest other
> types of edits.
>
> Note that this feature must be "unlocked" to be accessible: you'll need to
> add or edit at least five (5) Wikidata descriptions in the usual way (using
> the edit icon while reading an article), then wait a while to make sure
> your edits are not reverted. The app will then notify you when the feature
> is unlocked.
>
> * *Improved editing interface*: The article editing screen has a number
> of new conveniences, including the ability to change the font size of the
> wikitext window, the ability to find text within the wikitext window, and a
> series of "syntax" buttons at the bottom, to simplify adding or modifying
> the wikitext syntax at the cursor, as well as "undo" and "redo" buttons.
>
> * *Sepia theme*: As usual, you can change the app's theme in Settings, or
> from the bottom toolbar while reading an article.
>
> * *"Continue reading" bar*: When browsing the Feed, or looking at your
> reading lists, you will now see a "continue reading" bar at the bottom that
> displays your current topmost tab, along with the total number of open tabs
> you currently have.
>
> * *Enhanced table of contents control*: The table of contents now
> features a circular "thumb" scroller that you can hold down and drag to
> scroll quickly through different sections of the article, while
> highlighting the section that is currently in focus.
>
> * *Improved search in reading lists*: Searching within the Reading Lists
> screen will now match results from individual articles in any of your
> reading lists, as well as the names of reading lists themselves.
>
>
> Check it out, and happy reading (and editing)!
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Dmitry Brant
> Senior Software Engineer (Android)
> Wikimedia Foundation
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>
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Carolyn Li-Madeo (she/her)

UX Designer on the iOS team
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
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