Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Jon Katz]

A belated congratulations to the Android team for this release!
I've started editing image captions and it's excellent and, based on some
preliminary numbers, it looks like our users are happy too!
-J

On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:38 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> We're excited to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
> , now
> available on the Google Play store. Aside from numerous minor enhancements
> and bug fixes, the biggest highlight from this update is:
>
> == *Suggested edits, the continuation ==*
> Earlier this year we released the "Suggested edits" screen (accessible
> from the left navigation menu in the Feed screen, when you're logged in)
> which offers you a stream of suggested contributions. Initially these
> contributions were limited to adding and translating Wikidata descriptions
> for articles that were missing a description.
>
> We have now expanded these suggested contributions to include adding and
> translating structured image captions on Commons!  The Suggested Edits
> screen now presents you with images that are missing a structured caption,
> or if you have more than one language configured in the app, it shows you
> images that are missing translations of the caption into the other
> language(s) that you have selected.
>
> You may also add or translate the captions of images directly while
> browsing articles. Tap on any image to go to the full-screen gallery, and
> you should see options to add, edit, or translate the caption.
>
> Check it out, and we'd love to hear your feedback.
> Cheers,
>
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> Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Ramsey Isler]

Wo suggested edits! Exciting! (I'm also super pumped about that sepia
theme ^_^)

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:20 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
> , 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,
>
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> Senior Software Engineer (Android)
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Natalia Harateh]

Amazing work, congratulations all! 

> On Apr 24, 2019, at 13:34, Volker Eckl  wrote:
> 
> A very exciting step, ahem leap, into the right direction… Congratulations 
> everybody involved!
> 
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:16 AM Robin Schoenbaechler 
>  wrote:
>> Exquisite email @Dmitry and thanks to everyone who contributed to this 
>> milestone! This is only the beginning of micro contributions, I’m excited 
>> for more and am honored to work in such a talented and inspiring team! 
>> 
>>> On 23 Apr 2019, at 22:15, Max Binder  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Great work, all! :)
>>> 
 On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Sharvani Haran  
 wrote:
 Yay ✨⚡️
 Best,
 Sharvani Haran
 sha...@wikimedia.org
 
 
 
> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng  wrote:
> 
> Awesome! 
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo  
>> wrote:
>> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>> 
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android 
>>> app, 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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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Volker Eckl]

A very exciting step, ahem leap, into the right direction… Congratulations
everybody involved!

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 10:16 AM Robin Schoenbaechler <
rschoenbaech...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> *Exquisite email @Dmitry* and thanks to everyone who contributed to this
> milestone! This is only the beginning of micro contributions, I’m excited
> for more and am honored to work in such a talented and inspiring team!
>
> On 23 Apr 2019, at 22:15, Max Binder  wrote:
>
> Great work, all! :)
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Sharvani Haran 
> wrote:
>
>> Yay ✨⚡️
>> Best,
>> Sharvani Haran
>> sha...@wikimedia.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng  wrote:
>>
>> Awesome! 
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Hi everyone,

 We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
 ,
 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,

 --
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 Senior Software Engineer (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering


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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Robin Schoenbaechler]

Exquisite email @Dmitry and thanks to everyone who contributed to this 
milestone! This is only the beginning of micro contributions, I’m excited for 
more and am honored to work in such a talented and inspiring team! 

> On 23 Apr 2019, at 22:15, Max Binder  wrote:
> 
> Great work, all! :)
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Sharvani Haran  > wrote:
> Yay ✨⚡️
> Best,
> Sharvani Haran
> sha...@wikimedia.org 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng > > wrote:
>> 
>> Awesome! 
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo > > wrote:
>> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>> 
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant > > wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app 
>> , 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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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Max Binder]

Great work, all! :)

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:36 PM Sharvani Haran 
wrote:

> Yay ✨⚡️
> Best,
> Sharvani Haran
> sha...@wikimedia.org
>
>
>
> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng  wrote:
>
> Awesome! 
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo 
> wrote:
>
>> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
>>> ,
>>> 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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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Sharvani Haran]

Yay ✨⚡️
Best,
Sharvani Haran
sha...@wikimedia.org



> On Apr 23, 2019, at 12:33 PM, Cooltey Feng  wrote:
> 
> Awesome! 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo  > wrote:
> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
> 
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  > wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app 
> , 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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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Lani Goto]

And special thanks to Michael Holloway for his work on the Suggested Edits
feature! 

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo 
wrote:

> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
>> , 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,
>>
>> --
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>> Wikimedia Foundation
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[Cooltey Feng]

Awesome! 

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM Carolyn Li-Madeo 
wrote:

> Woo! Congratulations on all of these great new features and updates!
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
>> , 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,
>>
>> --
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>> Senior Software Engineer (Android)
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>>
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[Carolyn Li-Madeo]

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

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 3:20 PM Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're pleased to release our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
> , 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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[Sharvani Haran]


Best,
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> On Apr 20, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Dmitry Brant  wrote:
> 
>  that you add to readin

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On Thursday 08 February 2018 09:50 PM, Dmitry Brant wrote:
> 
> We're also introducing the idea of a "default" reading list, created
> automatically, allowing you to save articles with fewer taps, while
> retaining the option to create and organize other lists as before.
> 

I guess the term "Default" would be misleading here. It might lead the
reader into believing that the articles would be added to the new
"default" reading list when the user taps on the "Add to reading list"
icon without asking him for confirmation. But that's not the case. It
just saves him from having to create a new reading list to start adding
articles.

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[Cooltey Feng]



On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We've released an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app
> , now
> available on the Google Play store! (For devices without Google Play
> services, you may download
> 
>  the app directly)
>
> This is a relatively minor update that focuses on performance improvements
> in the Reading Lists feature, especially with very large numbers of
> articles in reading lists.
>
> We're also introducing the idea of a "default" reading list, created
> automatically, allowing you to save articles with fewer taps, while
> retaining the option to create and organize other lists as before.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
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[Adele Vrana]

Congratulations for the release! I want to particularly congratulate the
team on the improvement of offline support. Thank you and keep on rocking!

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Corey Floyd  wrote:

> Awesome work on the latest release all!
>
> All of the focus on offline support is really cool… I’m sure there will be
> lots of happy users!
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:49 AM Dmitry Brant  wrote:
>
>> I should add to the list of new features:
>> - We're now continuing our rollout of editing Wikidata descriptions by
>> expanding the languages for which descriptions can be added/edited. For
>> more details, please see the announcement
>> 
>> on Wikidata.
>>
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Dmitry Brant 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello!
>>>
>>> We're pleased to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
>>> app, available now on the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
>>> from this update (or browse the complete change history
>>> 
>>> ):
>>>
>>> - Numerous improvements to the UI for managing your reading lists.
>>> - Individual reading list articles can now be toggled on/offline.
>>> - Improved caching of images for offline availability.
>>> - Random feed card now pulls a random article from the user's reading
>>> lists when offline.
>>> - Many other bug fixes and design updates.
>>>
>>> Many thanks to our volunteers who contributed patches to this release,
>>> including Amir Aharoni (IRC: aharoni, Wikipedia User:Amire80), Codrut Grosu
>>> (Github: superCodrut, Twitter: @GrosuCodrut), and Dinu Kumarasiri (IRC:
>>> sandaru, Github: sandarumk).
>>>
>>> If you'd like to help improve the app yourself, take a look at our getting
>>> started
>>> 
>>> guide. We're looking forward to your contributions!
>>>
>>>
>>> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
>>> 
>>> the app directly.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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[Dmitry Brant]

I should add to the list of new features:
- We're now continuing our rollout of editing Wikidata descriptions by
expanding the languages for which descriptions can be added/edited. For
more details, please see the announcement

on Wikidata.


Cheers!

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hello!
>
> We're pleased to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
> app, available now on the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
> from this update (or browse the complete change history
> 
> ):
>
> - Numerous improvements to the UI for managing your reading lists.
> - Individual reading list articles can now be toggled on/offline.
> - Improved caching of images for offline availability.
> - Random feed card now pulls a random article from the user's reading
> lists when offline.
> - Many other bug fixes and design updates.
>
> Many thanks to our volunteers who contributed patches to this release,
> including Amir Aharoni (IRC: aharoni, Wikipedia User:Amire80), Codrut Grosu
> (Github: superCodrut, Twitter: @GrosuCodrut), and Dinu Kumarasiri (IRC:
> sandaru, Github: sandarumk).
>
> If you'd like to help improve the app yourself, take a look at our getting
> started
> 
> guide. We're looking forward to your contributions!
>
>
> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
> 
> the app directly.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
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> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
> Wikimedia Foundation
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[Natalia Harateh]

Congratulations team!



On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Corey Floyd  wrote:

> Haven’t had time to respond earlier, but wanted to congratulate the team
> on a really awesome release!
>
> I really love the Wikidata Description editing and can’t wait for it to
> ship on English after we are done evaluating it.
>
> …And to build on Pine’s comment: It is obvious how much work has been put
> into the app over the past year. It’s great to hear how old users now come
> back to the app and find a reason to keep using it.
>
> Thanks to the Android team for all their effort!
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:52 AM Stephen Niedzielski <
> sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> My apologies for this poor experience! The app language and search
>> language are tied together currently but the issue is being tracked here:
>>
>> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159000
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <
>> d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
>>
>> That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different
>> language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to
>> follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form
>> of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A
>> way to override or avoid possibly ?
>>
>> DJ
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant 
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
>> app ,
>> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
>> from this update (or browse the complete change history
>> 
>> ):
>>
>> - 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
>> , and
>> the rollout announcement
>> 
>> )
>>
>> - 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
>> 
>>  guide.
>> We're looking forward to your contributions!
>>
>>
>> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
>> 
>>  the
>> app directly.
>>
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>> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Corey Floyd]

Haven’t had time to respond earlier, but wanted to congratulate the team on
a really awesome release!

I really love the Wikidata Description editing and can’t wait for it to
ship on English after we are done evaluating it.

…And to build on Pine’s comment: It is obvious how much work has been put
into the app over the past year. It’s great to hear how old users now come
back to the app and find a reason to keep using it.

Thanks to the Android team for all their effort!




On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 9:52 AM Stephen Niedzielski <
sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> My apologies for this poor experience! The app language and search
> language are tied together currently but the issue is being tracked here:
>
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159000
>
> Stephen
>
> On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <
> d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
>
> That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different
> language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to
> follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form
> of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A
> way to override or avoid possibly ?
>
> DJ
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant 
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app
> ,
> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
> from this update (or browse the complete change history
> 
> ):
>
> - 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
> , and
> the rollout announcement
> 
> )
>
> - 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
> 
>  guide.
> We're looking forward to your contributions!
>
>
> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
> 
>  the
> app directly.
>
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[Stephen Niedzielski]

My apologies for this poor experience! The app language and search language
are tied together currently but the issue is being tracked here:

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T159000

Stephen

On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 1:38 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <
d.j.hartman+wmf...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Changing the wiki language now also changes the app UI language.
>
> That doesn't sound too handy for myself. I often change to a different
> language, many that I can't read at all. If the app's ui language were to
> follow me in that, I'd be rather unpleasantly surprised. Is there some form
> of confirmation or warning to the user (the first time this happens) ? A
> way to override or avoid possibly ?
>
> DJ
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 10:35 PM, Dmitry Brant 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
>> app ,
>> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
>> from this update (or browse the complete change history
>> 
>> ):
>>
>> - 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
>> , and
>> the rollout announcement
>> 
>> )
>>
>> - 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
>> 
>>  guide.
>> We're looking forward to your contributions!
>>
>>
>> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
>> 
>>  the
>> app directly.
>>
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[Pine W]

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  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app
> ,
> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]. Here are the highlights
> from this update (or browse the complete change history
> 
> ):
>
> - 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
> , and
> the rollout announcement
> 
> )
>
> - 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
> 
>  guide.
> We're looking forward to your contributions!
>
>
> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
> 
>  the
> app directly.
>
> --
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> Senior Software Engineer / Product Owner (Android)
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Toby Negrin]

Second that - great work Android team and volunteers - the app just gets
better and better!

-Toby

On Monday, October 3, 2016, Jon Katz  wrote:

> Congratulations, team! It looks great.
>
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Dmitry Brant  > wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android
>> app ,
>> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]
>>
>> This version contains the following updates:
>> - Access your favorite features more easily with bottom navigation:
>> quickly jump between the Explore feed, your reading lists, your
>> recently-viewed articles, and pages nearby you.
>> - When reading an article, the bottom toolbar now provides access to the
>> most popular actions (save to reading list, share, change language, find in
>> page, and table of contents).
>> - Reading lists and their contents are now searchable.
>> - A number of minor bug and crash fixes.
>>
>> Want to help make the app even better? Read our getting-started
>> 
>> guide, and start contributing!
>>
>> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
>> 
>> the app directly.
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> --
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[Jon Katz]

Congratulations, team! It looks great.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Dmitry Brant  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app
> ,
> rolling out now to the Google Play Store! [1]
>
> This version contains the following updates:
> - Access your favorite features more easily with bottom navigation:
> quickly jump between the Explore feed, your reading lists, your
> recently-viewed articles, and pages nearby you.
> - When reading an article, the bottom toolbar now provides access to the
> most popular actions (save to reading list, share, change language, find in
> page, and table of contents).
> - Reading lists and their contents are now searchable.
> - A number of minor bug and crash fixes.
>
> Want to help make the app even better? Read our getting-started
> 
> guide, and start contributing!
>
> [1] For devices without Google Play services, you may download
> 
> the app directly.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
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[Tilman Bayer]

...and here is the APK download link for those who prefer to avoid
Google Play (and are not using the F-Droid version):
https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.2.146-releasesprod-2016-05-23.apk

On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Dmitry Brant  wrote:
> Hello!
>
> We've just released an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app, rolling
> out as we speak to the Google Play store! Here are the highlights from this
> update:
>
> * Reading Lists: In place of the old "Saved Pages", you can now organize the
> articles you browse into reading lists, which you can access even when
> you're offline. Create as many lists as you like, give them custom names,
> and populate them with articles from any language wiki!
> * "Edit here": Press and hold to highlight a word while reading an article,
> and select the "edit here" button to start editing at the highlighted
> location.
> * Show redirect source in search results, if applicable.
> * Update login authentication to work with the latest server changes.
> * Improved Wikipedia Zero banner design and persistence.
> * No longer download and widen high-quality images when on a metered
> connection.
> * Numerous crash and bug fixes.
>
> Thanks to the following contributors for their patches: Michael Basil, Elad
> Keyshawn, maroloccio, and Deskana.
> Want to help make the app even better? Read our getting-started guide, and
> start contributing!
>
> Cheers,
>
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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Toby Negrin]

Totally -- very excited to see the community input! Thanks all.

Also happy to see iteration on link preview -- interested to see if that
improves the experience for our readers.

Nice work everyone!

-Toby

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Florian Schmidt <
florian.schmidt.wel...@t-online.de> wrote:

> Wohooo! :)
>
>
>
> Florian
>
>
>
> -Original-Nachricht-
>
> Betreff: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release
>
> Datum: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:35:18 +0100
>
> Von: Dmitry Brant 
>
> An: mobile-l 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> We're pleased to announce our latest update to the Wikipedia Android
> app[1][2], available now on the Google Play store! Here are the highlights
> from this update:
>
> * More consistent article language display for multilingual users.
> * Fixed occasional abnormal CPU usage.
> * Improved crash reporting.
> * Added preference to enable/disable link previews.
> * Improved link preview design and text.
> * Display system notification after saving an image.
> * Various other bug fixes and design enhancements.[3]
>
> We'd also like to thank the following volunteers for their excellent
> contributions:
> * Daniel Rey (@DanReyLop)
> * Wikinaut (@Wikinaut)
> * Asad Salman (asadpsalman)
> * You?[4]
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
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> Product Owner (Android), Mobile Apps Team
> Wikimedia Foundation
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
>
> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia=en
> [2]
> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.1.133-releasesprod-2015-10-26.apk
> [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116922
> [4]
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[Florian Schmidt]

Wohooo! :)

Florian 

-Original-Nachricht- 

Betreff: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release 

Datum: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:35:18 +0100 

Von: Dmitry Brant  

An: mobile-l  

Hi all,   We're pleased to announce our latest update to the
Wikipedia Android app[1][2], available now on the Google Play store!
Here are the highlights from this update:* More consistent article
language display for multilingual users. * Fixed occasional abnormal
CPU usage. * Improved crash reporting. * Added preference to
enable/disable link previews. * Improved link preview design and text.
* Display system notification after saving an image. * Various other
bug fixes and design enhancements.[3]We'd also like to thank the
following volunteers for their excellent contributions: * Daniel Rey
(@DanReyLop) * Wikinaut (@Wikinaut) * Asad Salman (asadpsalman) *
You?[4] Cheers,   -- 
  Dmitry Brant
Product Owner (Android), Mobile Apps Team
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering [1]
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia=en
[2] [2]
https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.1.133-releasesprod-2015-10-26.apk
[3] [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116922 [4] [4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_hacking
[5]

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[2]
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[3]
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[4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T116922
[5]
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[Pine W]

Hi Dmitry,

How about promoting the app to Mobile Web users and on the desktop site
with occasional watchlist notices? Also, perhaps Fundraising or Research
would let you send occasional emails (quarterly at most) to their email
lists?

Pine

Pine


On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi Pine,

 We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the
 apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of
 notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for
 example[1]).  The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play
 Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the
 app rank higher for different search terms.
 Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that you
 would suggest?

 [1]
 http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-app/



 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this?
 One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia
 app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps.

 Pine
 On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app
 [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This
 is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements.
 Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release:

 * Enlarged images when browsing articles
 * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles
 * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps
 * Added system language support  Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language
 picker
 * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved
 Pages, etc.)
 * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left
 languages
 * Improved page caching
 * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu
 * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3]

 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 Best,

 Dmitry Brant
 Mobile apps team (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team

 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en
 [2]
 https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk
 [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788


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[Toby Negrin]

Hi Pine --

Thanks for the suggestion! We are in fact planning on running a test where
we prompt app installations via banner to a small audience -- we'd like to
understand how effective these banners are and will they continue to use
the app once it is installed.

It's important for us to understand how our readers will react to such
banners before we make larger scale commitments.

-Toby

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Dmitry,

 How about promoting the app to Mobile Web users and on the desktop site
 with occasional watchlist notices? Also, perhaps Fundraising or Research
 would let you send occasional emails (quarterly at most) to their email
 lists?

 Pine

 Pine


 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Hi Pine,

 We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the
 apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of
 notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for
 example[1]).  The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play
 Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the
 app rank higher for different search terms.
 Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that
 you would suggest?

 [1]
 http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-app/



 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this?
 One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia
 app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps.

 Pine
 On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app
 [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This
 is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements.
 Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release:

 * Enlarged images when browsing articles
 * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles
 * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps
 * Added system language support  Chinese dialects to Wikipedia
 language picker
 * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved
 Pages, etc.)
 * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left
 languages
 * Improved page caching
 * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu
 * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3]

 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 Best,

 Dmitry Brant
 Mobile apps team (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team

 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en
 [2]
 https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk
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[Pine W]

Thanks Toby.

I continue to note that mobile web is much better suited to editing than
the Android app is, so I hope that mobile web users, particularly those who
are logged in, will have the option to disable the banners. I do think that
a test like you're describing is a good idea.

Thanks,

Pine

Pine


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 Hi Pine --

 Thanks for the suggestion! We are in fact planning on running a test where
 we prompt app installations via banner to a small audience -- we'd like to
 understand how effective these banners are and will they continue to use
 the app once it is installed.

 It's important for us to understand how our readers will react to such
 banners before we make larger scale commitments.

 -Toby

 On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Dmitry,

 How about promoting the app to Mobile Web users and on the desktop site
 with occasional watchlist notices? Also, perhaps Fundraising or Research
 would let you send occasional emails (quarterly at most) to their email
 lists?

 Pine

 Pine


 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org
 wrote:

 Hi Pine,

 We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the
 apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of
 notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for
 example[1]).  The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play
 Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the
 app rank higher for different search terms.
 Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that
 you would suggest?

 [1]
 http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-app/



 On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this?
 One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia
 app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps.

 Pine
 On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app
 [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This
 is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements.
 Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release:

 * Enlarged images when browsing articles
 * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles
 * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps
 * Added system language support  Chinese dialects to Wikipedia
 language picker
 * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved
 Pages, etc.)
 * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left
 languages
 * Improved page caching
 * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu
 * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3]

 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for
 our next release. You won't want to miss it!

 Best,

 Dmitry Brant
 Mobile apps team (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team

 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en
 [2]
 https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk
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[Pine W]

Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One
item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app,
suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps.

Pine
On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app
 [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This
 is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements.
 Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release:

 * Enlarged images when browsing articles
 * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles
 * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps
 * Added system language support  Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language
 picker
 * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved
 Pages, etc.)
 * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left
 languages
 * Improved page caching
 * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu
 * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3]

 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 Best,

 Dmitry Brant
 Mobile apps team (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team

 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en
 [2]
 https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk
 [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788


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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Orsolya Gyenes]

I have an issue with watchlist too.

It doesn't work with the WP Beta app at all but if I log into
hu.wikipedia.org with Google Chrome with my username I can access my
watchlist but it's really basic.

Watchlist is really not fun on mobile.

*~Orsolya*

2015-07-08 19:33 GMT+02:00 Bahodir Mansurov bmansu...@wikimedia.org:

 On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:


 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it
 already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all
 my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later
 reading.

 Thanks,
 Baha

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Bahodir Mansurov]

On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 
 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next 
 release. You won't want to miss it!
 
That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it 
already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my 
watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading.

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Dmitry Brant]

Hi Baha,

I'm afraid that support for watchlists is not in the immediate future for
the app. However, one thing that we're planning on doing is syncing of
saved pages across devices (i.e. the list of saved pages persists with the
user's account), but this is also more towards Q2/Q3.



On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Bahodir Mansurov bmansu...@wikimedia.org
wrote:

 On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:


 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it
 already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all
 my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later
 reading.

 Thanks,
 Baha

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Dmitry Brant]

Hi Pine,

We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the
apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of
notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for
example[1]).  The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play
Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the
app rank higher for different search terms.
Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that you
would suggest?

[1]
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-app/



On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One
 item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app,
 suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps.

 Pine
 On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app
 [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This
 is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements.
 Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release:

 * Enlarged images when browsing articles
 * Improved read more suggestions at the bottom of articles
 * Enabled Search Wikipedia when sharing text from other apps
 * Added system language support  Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language
 picker
 * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved
 Pages, etc.)
 * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left
 languages
 * Improved page caching
 * Added link to app FAQ in the More menu
 * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3]

 Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our
 next release. You won't want to miss it!

 Best,

 Dmitry Brant
 Mobile apps team (Android)
 Wikimedia Foundation
 https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team

 [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipediahl=en
 [2]
 https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.0.105-releasesprod-2015-06-30.apk
 [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788


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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

[Bahodir Mansurov]

Hi Orsolya,

 On Jul 8, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Orsolya Gyenes gyenes.orso...@wiki.media.hu 
 wrote:
 
 It doesn't work with the WP Beta app at all but if I log into 
 hu.wikipedia.org http://hu.wikipedia.org/ with Google Chrome with my 
 username I can access my watchlist but it's really basic. 

I’m just curious what features are missing from the mobile watchlist site? Any 
specific examples?

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