Mobile-l August 2015

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WG: [Wikitech-l] Showing article information on tap in Wikipedia mobile app (a thank you)
by Florian Schmidt 08 Aug '15

08 Aug '15

Fyi, mobile team :) @tomasz: If you would like to see this on your desktop: It's available as a Beta Feature called "Hovercards", see: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards And on mobile in alpha mode: Tap the hamburger menu (3 lines on the top left), click settings and enable the beta mode. Save and do it again and enable experimental mode now. After that you can swipe on an internal link from left to right (or vice versa) and you see a preview :) Thanks for your great Feedback! Best, Florian -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: wikitech-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:wikitech-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] Im Auftrag von Tomasz W. Kozlowski Gesendet: Samstag, 8. August 2015 22:51 An: Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Betreff: [Wikitech-l] Showing article information on tap in Wikipedia mobile app (a thank you) Hi! So I'm just going through the latest Wikimedia Foundation quarterly report, and I stumbled on a short passage that mentions a feature of the mobile Wikipedia app that I really, really enjoy using. The ability to view a link preview when clicking on an article link inside the app is just fantastic. Not only does it save time when you only need to quickly look up a fact, but the way that the app does it is elegant and fast. I'm using the alpha version of the app on an Android 5.1 smartphone, and the report says it's also in the beta version, but I do hope it will be added to the stable app too :-) So, to cut a long story short: a huge thank you and please-keep-it-up to the mobile team for implementing this handy little feature :-) -- Tomasz _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l

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Apps for Kindle and Windows
by Pine W 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

Hi Mobilizers, 1. Do you think it would make sense to develop a Wikipedia app for Kindle, or to encourage Amazon to do so or financially sponsor its development? 2. Same questions for Windows and Microsoft, especially considering the Windows 10 launch. Thanks, Pine

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Going to land ogv.js into TimedMediaHandler if no one objects
by Brion Vibber 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

I've done some more fixes to ogv.js to perform *much* smoother on slower machines by running the decoders in Web Worker threads. If there's no objection, I'm going to land ogv.js (and a number of smaller fixes for media playback) into TimedMediaHandler later today. ogv.js is a JavaScript compatibility shim for Ogg and WebM video in Safari and IE/Edge which don't support free codecs natively. (IE/Edge on desktop can use native WebM components if you install them manually but still lack Ogg audio support.) This replaces the old Cortado Java applet that no longer works on most current computers. Please feel free to help review and test! Live demo site https://ogvjs-testing.wmflabs.org/ MwEmbedSupport: * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/227074 - fix fullscreen video in IE TimedMediaHandler: * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/219398 - TMH transcode list ordering fix * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/222294 - misc small buglet * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/226999 - fix double-playback in IE/Edge with native webm installed * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/227066 - fix the popup player on first open * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/227155 - increase quality of Ogg Theora transcodes, add 240p with the old bandwidth of 360p * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/226957 - update ogv.js libs * https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/165478 - ogv.js for desktop There's also my basic mobile integration, which requires some more work to support suitable controls: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/217485/ -- brion

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More info on strategy for reading department
by Moushira Elamrawy 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

Greetings all, The Reading team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading> is currently working on defining the broadlines of its strategy and process. This is a work in progress that we are sharing early hoping to get feedback as we continue to document our surveys, the testing processes, and the results. The drafted strategy layout is here <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Strategy>. More information could be found in the recent Q&A <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Q%26A_with_Toby_Negrin> with Reading's director. Please, add comments or questions to the talk page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Reading/Strategy> rather than this email thread :). Looking forward to interesting learnings, findings, and more awesome projects! All the best, Moushira

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Reading Web Sprint Kickoff: Sprint 53 12 Monkeys
by Kristen Lans 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

The Reading Web team kicked off Sprint 53 on Monday [1]. Work undertaken in this sprint will focus on the development of "quick polls" to capture user feedback [2,3,4]. [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/reading-web-sprint-53-12-monkeys/ [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104439 [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107592 [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T107589

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Android devs: folder structure changed to Gradle standard
by Bernd Sitzmann 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Dear fellow Android devs, A quick heads-up that we've updated the folder structure in our Android app repo to follow Gradle standard structure.[1] This should help get new Android developers get up to speed with our app code a bit quicker. It's best to clone the Git repo to a new folder and do a fresh import into Android Studio. Be mindful of any git stashes or local branches you might have in your old Git clone. The app hacking guide has been updated to reflect the new structure.[2] Cheers, Bernd [1] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/229075 [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…

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Fwd: "Morelike" suggestions - the results are in!
by Dmitry Brant 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

moving to mobile-l, and cc Search & Discovery. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 3:38 PM Subject: "Morelike" suggestions - the results are in! To: Internal communication for WMF Reading team < reading-wmf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi all, For the last few weeks, we've had an A/B test in the Android app where we measure user engagement with the "read more" suggestions that we show at the bottom of each article. We display three suggestions for further reading, based on either (A) a plain full-text search query based on the title of the current article, or (B) a query using the "morelike" feature in CirrusSearch. And the winner is... (perhaps not entirely surprisingly) "morelike"! Users who saw suggestions based on "morelike" were over 20% more likely to click on one of the suggestions. Here's a quick analysis and chart of the data from the last 10 days: *https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BFsrAcPgexQyNVemmJ3k3IX5rtPvJ_5vdYOyGgS5R6Y/edit?usp=sharing <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BFsrAcPgexQyNVemmJ3k3IX5rtPvJ_5vdYO…>* -Dmitry

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[Apps] Android Wikipedia beta app release (2.0.108-beta-2015-08-04)
by Stephen Niedzielski 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

This Android team has published a hotfix release, v2.0.108-beta-2015-08-04[0], that addresses some issues uncovered in yesterday's beta[1]: * Add "show password" option to login screen * Apply page language changes to the current tab instead of opening a new tab * Fix text highlight issue affecting older devices -The Wikimedia Android team [0] Rolling out at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta [1] A complete list of changes is available at http://git.wikimedia.org/commits/apps%2Fandroid%2Fwikipedia/beta%2F2.0.107-…

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CFP for BigData2016: International Conference on Data Mining in Turkey
by Grace Allas 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

*** CALL FOR PAPERS *** http://sdiwc.net/conferences/bigdata2016/ BigData2016-The Third International Conference on Data Mining, Internet Computing, and Big Data Mevlana University, Konya, Turkey July 21 – 23, 2016 All registered papers will be included in SDIWC Digital Library. ============================================================== The conference aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The event will be held over three days, with presentations delivered by researchers from the international community, including presentations from keynote speakers and state-of-the-art lectures. RESEARCH TOPICS ARE NOT LIMITED TO:  Data Mining Tasks & Algorithms • Explorative and visual data mining • Mining text and semi-structured data • Multimedia mining (audio/video) • Segmentation/Clustering/Association • Web mining • Artificial neural networks • Link and sequence analysis • Evolutionary computation/meta heuristics  Data Mining Integration & Process • Distributed and grid based data mining • Metadata and ontologies • Mining large scale data • Attribute discretization and encoding • Feature selection and transformation • Model interpretation • Data cleaning and preparation  Data Mining Applications • Bioinformatics • Business/Corporate/Industrial Data Mining • Credit Scoring • Data Mining in Logistics • Database Marketing • Direct Marketing • Engineering Mining • Medicine Data Mining • Military Data Mining • Security Data Mining • Social Science Mining • Time series analysis and visualization • Anomaly detection • Association rule learning • Classification • Cloud based infrastructure (applications, storage and resources) • Cluster analysis • Crowd-sourcing • Data fusion and integration • Data-mining grids • Distributed databases • Distributed file systems • Ensemble learning • Genetic algorithms • Machine learning • Massively parallel-processing (MPP) databases • Natural language processing • Neural networks • Pattern recognition • Predictive modeling • Search-based applications • Sentiment analysis • Signal processing • Simulation • Supervised and unsupervised learning  Internet Computing • Design and analysis of internet protocols and engineering • Digital libraries/digital image collections • Electronic commerce and internet • Grid based computing and internet tools • Internet and emerging technologies • Internet and video technologies • Internet applications and appliances • Internet banking systems • Internet based decision support systems • Internet law and compliance • Internet security and trust • Markup Languages • Metacomputing Mobile computing and the internet • Network architectures and network computing • Novel Java applications on internet • Quality of service • Search engines • Social networks • The WWW and intranets • The internet and Cloud computing • Web based computing • Web interfaces to databases • Web site design and coordination ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline : Open from now until June 21, 2016 Notification of Acceptance : June 30, 2016 or 4-7 weeks from the submission date Camera Ready Submission : Open from now until July 11, 2016 Registration Deadline : July 11, 2016 Paper Submission: http://sdiwc.net/conferences/bigdata2016/openconf/openconf.php Write us for more details: bigdata16(a)sdiwc.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[Apps] Android Wikipedia beta app release (2.0.107-beta-2015-08-03)
by Stephen Niedzielski 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

The Android team[0] is perfectly happy to announce a new Wikipedia Android app beta release, v2.0.107-beta-2015-08-03[1]. In 499 characters[2], this revision contains the following enhancements: * New! List of tabs is saved when the app closes for any reason * New! Table-of-contents button hides itself when not scrolling * New! Material design enhancements to navigation pane, user messages, and other UI elements * New! More places to press-and-hold to open in a new tab: Search! Nearby! Similar pages! Read More! * Newly opened tabs now appear behind the active tab * Neutral toned splash background keeps app launches subtle in dark mode * Full user roll-out of improved suggested articles Make it better! Read our getting started guide[3]. We cannot wait for your contributions! -The Wikimedia Android team [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team#Android_App [1] Rolling out at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta [2] A complete list of changes is available at http://git.wikimedia.org/commits/apps%2Fandroid%2Fwikipedia/beta%2F2.0.106-… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…

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