Mobile-l February 2013

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Wikisource android app
by Thomas PT 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Hi! The android app for Wikisource, an adaptation of the Wikipedia one is now, I believe, ready for publication: the application is stable, well translated with the help of the TranslateWiki community and on the Wikimedia GitHub: https://github.com/wikimedia/WikisourceMobile The next things to do is, I think, to publish it in the Google Play. Can the mobile team do it? Is there any objections to its publications? It would be sad that a ready to use app stay in an hidden GitHub repository without being used. I'm ready to do the needed work to maintain it in the future as I do for the MediaWiki extensions related to Wikisource (ProofreadPage and DoubleWiki). Thomas (User:Tpt)

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Showing .noprint elements on mobile
by Jon Robson 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Forwarding to wikitech with RFC: Currently the mobile site scrubs an elements with the noprint class. It also scrubs elements with the nomobile class. Each "scrub" of element effects performance [citation needed] so this would be a good thing to do. It has been suggested that we stop scrubbing .noprint elements and there is a patchset to do so: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/43852/ At worst case merging this patchset will suddenly reveal elements with the noprint class on mobile. To me this is not a big deal but I understand it is of concern to some people and some people have requested communicating this change. If there are any objections to doing this please voice them now. Please note if you do have objections I will expect you to help us come to a satisfactory solution to this problem!! I've included the discussion below for your reference. Thanks! On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Arthur Richards <arichards(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > I am inclined to agree with Jon and make the change - especially considering > there has been radio silence about the change on this list, I suspect it > will be ok, unless there is a better forum to discuss these kinds of changes > (eg wikitech-l)? > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 6:46 PM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Any further thoughts on this? Should I abandon the patchset...? Does >> anyone want to own this problem? >> >> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Jon Robson <jdlrobson(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> > I think this is a pessimistic view of things. I don't suspect this >> > would have a catastrophic change and we could always add a boolean in >> > LocalSettings.php in case we feel this will and need to roll back. >> > Realistically the fall out here is going to be a nuisance more than >> > anything and certain content will appear that didn't use to. >> > >> > I personally think the best form of communication is to make the >> > change and then deal with the fallout. If something is rendering >> > strangely then people will notice and complain and we'll get that >> > fixed. This will happen in a much quicker time then spending time >> > exploring the impact and communicating and waiting for people to make >> > their changes with no incentive. >> > >> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Max Semenik <maxsem.wiki(a)gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> >> While I certainly agree in principle, do we know how many pages are >> >> relying on this feature? Also, some communication would be good. >> >> >> >> On 14.01.2013, 22:21 Jon wrote: >> >> >> >>> I agree. >> >>> We already have the nomobile class and have done so for a while. The >> >>> noprint class has been removed from sometime and never got reevaluated >> >>> with the addition of nomobile >> >> >> >>> Thanks for pointing this out! >> >> >> >>> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/43852 >> >> >> >>> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 6:42 PM, Danny B. >> >>> <Wikipedia.Danny.B(a)email.cz> wrote: >> >>>> Hello, >> >>>> >> >>>> I found out, that items with class noprint are not delivered to the >> >>>> mobile >> >>>> version. Is that a bug or feature? If it is feature, then I strongly >> >>>> suggest >> >>>> to reconsider it and rather set up new class "nomobile" instead. Some >> >>>> stuff >> >>>> with noprint is useful on mobile, it just does not have a sense to >> >>>> *print* >> >>>> it. >> >>>> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Best regards, >> >> Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Jon Robson >> > http://jonrobson.me.uk >> > @rakugojon >> >> >> >> -- >> Jon Robson >> http://jonrobson.me.uk >> @rakugojon >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > > > > -- > Arthur Richards > Software Engineer, Mobile > [[User:Awjrichards]] > IRC: awjr > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 -- Jon Robson http://jonrobson.me.uk @rakugojon

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Not displaying of page items
by Danny B. 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Hello, I found out, that items with class noprint are not delivered to the mobile version. Is that a bug or feature? If it is feature, then I strongly suggest to reconsider it and rather set up new class "nomobile" instead. Some stuff with noprint is useful on mobile, it just does not have a sense to *print* it. Kind regards Danny B.

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Wikimedia Commons android app nightlies available
by Yuvi Panda 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

Hello everyone! As you might be aware, there has been ongoing work on a Commons application for Android[1]. Hashar was awesome enough to set up automated builds of it on Jenkins - you can download the latest from: https://integration.mediawiki.org/nightly/mobile/android-commons/ It is currently at a state where you can upload fine (goes to testwiki), but has minor issues on pre-4.0 devices. Expect rapid work on it over the coming weeks! [1]: https://github.com/wikimedia/android-commons -- Yuvi Panda T http://yuvi.in/blog

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