Hello,
Here we are again. Another month, and another update from the Readers
(previously Reading) department at the Wikimedia Foundation. One more month
of these and we'll have a turkey. :) [0]
==Discussions==
=== Apps===
* Android released an update improving offline storage and Reading List
experience.
* Android began work on support the zim archive format in the app, based on
Community Wishlist request. [1]
* iOS released version 5.5.0 which includes the all new Places tab, which
focuses on geolocation based discovery. This update also improves how "In
the News" look and work, adds a more prominent search box and other
improvements.
* iOS began work on 5.6.0 which will support reading modes (specifically a
dark mode for night reading) and "On this Day" content in the feed.
* Survey results from both apps on reading lists usage was completed, with
findings available at Reading lists survey results. [2]
=== Web ===
* Moving the intro above the infobox on mobile web lead a significant
increase on performance metrics [3]
=== New Readers ===
* New Reader updates can be found at Meta [4]
=== Multimedia ===
* A UX design heuristic evaluation was conducted and results turned into
Phabricator tasks for 3D file (STL) support. A number of design refinements
are being turned into a specification. The team has been prioritizing and
working on 3D tasks in anticipation of a future launch. In the forthcoming
month, additional consultation will be done on the wikis about potential
moderation considerations for the 3D file (STL) type. [5]
=== Discovery ===
The Discovery team provides weekly updates. Here are their updates for June.
* 2017-06-05 [6]
* 2017-06-12 [7]
* 2017-06-19 [8]
* 2017-06-26 [9]
[0]
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Ten-pin_bowling
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/R…
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists/Reading_…
[3]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/15/investigating_a_perfor…
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Updates
[5]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/48/query/GMIMsF0oKK9t/?filt…
[6]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates/2017-06-05
[7]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates/2017-06-12
[8]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates/2017-06-19
[9]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Discovery/Status_updates/2017-06-26
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The archive of all past updates can be found on
MediaWiki.org:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Status_updates
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation