Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-08 Thread Stephen Niedzielski
Great find! Since we're mentioning similar features, the Google Dictionary https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-dictionary-by-goog/mgijmajocgfcbeboacabfgobmjgjcoja Chromium / Chrome extension (by Google) performs a similar function. [image: Inline image 1] --stephen On Mon, Jun 8,

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-08 Thread Gergo Tisza
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 1:04 AM, S Page sp...@wikimedia.org wrote: Maybe WMF should offer its own browser- or OS-level integration, pushing the reading experience way beyond our sites. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Browser_tools lists various browser addons, such as Lookup

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-08 Thread Jon Katz
+ Kouroush A summary of ideas: *WP as destination:* -Sister projects swipable from cards -WMF owned OS integration/browser add-ons *WP as platform:* -API for 'cards' on topics/JS library -Make sure API changes aren't breaking experience for: apple, google, amazon? -Help kindle optimize their

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-05 Thread Luis Villa
FWIW, they are also doing basically the same thing in the e-ink hardware Kindles. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Dmitry Brant dbr...@wikimedia.org wrote: +mobile-l On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso ab...@wikimedia.org wrote: Okay to move this to mobile-l? On Friday, June 5,

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-05 Thread Dmitry Brant
+mobile-l On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso ab...@wikimedia.org wrote: Okay to move this to mobile-l? On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgers...@wikimedia.org wrote: While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics bold). On Fri, Jun 5,

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

2015-06-05 Thread Dmitry Brant
Sure! When I highlight the word London, the Wikipedia preview contains an IPA block that has a link which, when pressed, causes the app to crash. On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Adam Baso ab...@wikimedia.org wrote: Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can