On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> With a lot of help from Brion (thanks :), I've now changed the way
> that videos are handled on Commons on iOS devices (when browsing from
> the desktop site). The change will go live on July 15th.
>
> Previously, you clicked play, not much happened. There was a small
> easily ignored pop-up linking you to a help page, and a play button
> which in theory linked to the src video file (but in practice was
> possibly unclickable due to having too low a z-index).
>
> Now, you are directed to install the vlc-for-iOS app. If you have the
> app already installed, the video will automatically open in the app
> upon pressing play.
>
> This change will only affect the desktop site, as TimedMediaHandler is
> totally not loaded at all on the mobile site (However, if you have the
> vlc app installed, you can download the video from the mobile site,
> and it should play).
>

Awesome, bBawolff. Any progress in freeing up video is good progress.
Mobile can catch up to desktop, and Brion is doing great work to free up
iOS there. Still a long way to go, and not easy to say the least, but it's
progress :)

-- 
Keegan Peterzell
Community Liaison, Product
Wikimedia Foundation
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