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Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Where are the Web fonts loaded?
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From: Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson(a)kiwix.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:56 AM
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Hi
A few Wikipedias - like the Wikipedia in Farsi - (should) have support
for Web fonts. This is done to insure that the display of the article is
done correctly. Unfortunately I have difficulties to find them, where
are they defined/loaded?
Kind regards
Emmanuel
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From: Amir E. Aharoni <amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
Date: Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 2:21 AM
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They can be enabled by clicking the gear icon near the Languages list, then
clicking "Fonts", and checking "Download fonts when needed".
This was on by default for some time in 2013, but it turned out to cause
severe performance problems and was made opt-in.
By 2017 the issues are quite different given the technology landscape:
modern operating systems supports fonts better, and some of the webfonts
specifications in web standards changed as well. The whole feature should
be redone, although unfortunately this is not currently on the top of the
Language team's priority list.
That said, I'm ALWAYS willing to hear about _problems_ in different
languages. AFAIK, the issue with Persian is that the text is usually
readable, but not as elegant as it should be, although I'm very interested
in hearing more details. For some other languages, especially of South and
South East Asia, fonts are not installed in operating systems at all, so
they are completely unreadable, although this is getting better in the
latest versions of desktop Linux, Android, Windows, Mac, and iOS.
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From: Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson(a)kiwix.org>
Date: Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 8:56 AM
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Hi Amir
On 19.04.2017 09:21, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
> They can be enabled by clicking the gear icon near the Languages list,
then
> clicking "Fonts", and checking "Download fonts when needed".
Thank you, I found it... I read in the past about that option but was
not able to find it on my screen... I was searching in the usuable user
preferences where - to my taste - this option should be proposed.
> This was on by default for some time in 2013, but it turned out to cause
> severe performance problems and was made opt-in.
>
> By 2017 the issues are quite different given the technology landscape:
> modern operating systems supports fonts better, and some of the webfonts
> specifications in web standards changed as well. The whole feature should
> be redone, although unfortunately this is not currently on the top of the
> Language team's priority list.
>
> That said, I'm ALWAYS willing to hear about _problems_ in different
> languages. AFAIK, the issue with Persian is that the text is usually
> readable, but not as elegant as it should be, although I'm very interested
> in hearing more details. For some other languages, especially of South and
> South East Asia, fonts are not installed in operating systems at all, so
> they are completely unreadable, although this is getting better in the
> latest versions of desktop Linux, Android, Windows, Mac, and iOS.
I'm interested by that feature in an offline context. Many users have
been complaining for a longer time because of problems with the display
of Wikipedia content in certain languages (I guess the similar one like
with online Wikipedia).
As we were not able to create ZIM files with a correct management of the
js/css (offline mockup of the resources loader), my answer was always
the same: we need first to mockup offline the behaviour of the resource
loader to be able then to load web fonts correctly.
We are now so far: we pretty much load the correct js/css resources...
So I had a look to that problem again - more accurately. I have
discovered that in fact our scrapper does not load any web fonts... and
here I'm.
I don't think we will have big performance issues as everything is
anyway offline (please correct me if my guess is wrong), but I need
somehow to tell our scrapper (so the Wikipedia API) to deal with web
fonts... how should I do that?
Regards
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The WMF Android team is pleased to announce a new Wikipedia Android
app beta release, v2.5.194-beta-2017-04-19!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta
This revision contains the following new functionality and fixes:
- Substantial improvements to the reading lists UI
- Multiple reading list articles can now be selected at once
- Individual reading list articles can now be toggled on/offline.
- Images are now cached for offline availability
- Random feed card now pulls a random article from the user's reading lists when
offline
- Many other bug fixes and UI updates
For a complete list of changes, see
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/APAW/history/master/;beta/2.5.1….
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).
You too can help make it better! Read our getting started guide.[1] We
look forward to your contributions!
-The WMF Android team
[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…
Hi all,
apologies if this has already been discussed extensively. The app used to
feature the geographical coordinates of articles, in the same way was the
standard wiki pages do.
However, it seems that this is no longer the case. In my view, that's a
shame, as it makes it harder to go from the article into a maps app.
In particular, it would be good if the app enabled the launch of 'geo'
intents (from geotagged articles), that can be picked up by other apps, see
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136579.
(Similarly, it would also be nice if the app could receive geo intents, an
display nearby articles.)
What do others think?
All the best wishes,
Bjoern
Forwarding to Mobile-l.
I too like the header change.
Pine
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From: Olga Vasileva <ovasileva(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 5:07 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] A few Reading Web announcements: new header, page
previews rollout update, lead section restricted PageImages
To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi all, over the past few weeks, the reading web team has made some
releases and improvements we would like to share:
- New Header for the Mobile Web [1]
We have just released a new header on the mobile web! Our goal is to raise
awareness among readers that the content we are providing is coming from
Wikipedia or related projects using clear branding. Low brand awareness
was one of the key findings during the research performed by the New
Readers team [2]. According to their findings, user were often not aware
that they were reading Wikipedia, and sometimes confused it for a search
engine or social media platform [3]. An increase in brand awareness could
therefore lead to increased readership and retention.
- Page Previews Stage 0 deployment
The Page Previews (aka Hovercards) [4] feature is now live on the
following wikipedias: Russian, Italian, Greek, Catalan. We will continue
with rollouts on Hungarian and Hebrew wikipedias as a conclusion of stage 0.
Currently, we are in the process of consulting communities about the next
stage of rollouts.
- PageImages restricted to the lead section [5]
Before, PageImages were being drawn from the first instance of an image
within the page. This led to a majority of the images set from outside of
the lead section to be out of context or to not properly represent the
subject of the article. With this change, the PageImage for an article
will be drawn from the lead section and infobox only, to ensure that the
most accurate image is always used.
Thank you and let us know if there’s any questions, concerns, or any other
feedback!
- Olga
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Web/Projects/Improve_site_branding
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Next_steps#Awareness
[3]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%
3AWikimedia_Foundation_and_Reboot_New_Readers_Research_-_
Nigeria_%26_India_Highlights_-_July_2016.pdf&page=73
[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Beta_Features/Hovercards
[5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T152115
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Just a reminder, CREDIT is starting in 30 minutes!
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From: Lani Goto <lgoto(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:29 PM
Subject: CREDIT showcase, Wednesday, 5-April-2017
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Crossposting!
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From: Lani Goto <lgoto(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:24 PM
Subject: CREDIT showcase, Wednesday, 5-April-2017
To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi!
I'd like to welcome you to join us at the CREDIT showcase next week,
Wednesday, 5-April-2017 at 1800 UTC / 1100 Pacific Time. We'd like to see
your demos, whether they're rough works in progress or polished production
material, or even just a telling of something you've been studying
recently. For more information on the upcoming event, as well as recordings
of previous events, please visit the following page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase
And if you'd like to share the news about the upcoming CREDIT showcase,
here's some suggested verbiage. Thanks!
*Hi <FNAME>*
*I hope all is well with you! I wanted to let you know about CREDIT, a
monthly demo series that we’re running to showcase open source tech
projects from Wikimedia’s Community, Reading, Editing, Discovery,
Infrastructure and Technology teams. *
*CREDIT is open to the public, and we welcome questions and discussion. The
next CREDIT will be held on April 5th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 18:00 UTC. *
*There’s more info on MediaWiki, and on Etherpad, which is where we take
notes and ask questions. You can also ask questions on IRC in the Freenode
chatroom #wikimedia-office (web-based access here). Links to video will
become available at these locations shortly before the event.*
*Please feel free to pass this information along to any interested folks.
Our projects tend to focus on areas that might be of interest to folks
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things.*
*If you have any questions, please let me know! Thanks, and I hope to see
you at CREDIT.*
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From: Lani Goto <lgoto(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:24 PM
Subject: CREDIT showcase, Wednesday, 5-April-2017
To: wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi!
I'd like to welcome you to join us at the CREDIT showcase next week,
Wednesday, 5-April-2017 at 1800 UTC / 1100 Pacific Time. We'd like to see
your demos, whether they're rough works in progress or polished production
material, or even just a telling of something you've been studying
recently. For more information on the upcoming event, as well as recordings
of previous events, please visit the following page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CREDIT_showcase
And if you'd like to share the news about the upcoming CREDIT showcase,
here's some suggested verbiage. Thanks!
*Hi <FNAME>*
*I hope all is well with you! I wanted to let you know about CREDIT, a
monthly demo series that we’re running to showcase open source tech
projects from Wikimedia’s Community, Reading, Editing, Discovery,
Infrastructure and Technology teams. *
*CREDIT is open to the public, and we welcome questions and discussion. The
next CREDIT will be held on April 5th at 11am PT / 2pm ET / 18:00 UTC. *
*There’s more info on MediaWiki, and on Etherpad, which is where we take
notes and ask questions. You can also ask questions on IRC in the Freenode
chatroom #wikimedia-office (web-based access here). Links to video will
become available at these locations shortly before the event.*
*Please feel free to pass this information along to any interested folks.
Our projects tend to focus on areas that might be of interest to folks
working across the open source tech community: language detection,
numerical sort, large data visualizations, maps, and all sorts of other
things.*
*If you have any questions, please let me know! Thanks, and I hope to see
you at CREDIT.*
*YOURNAME*
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Hello Wikimedia
I have a question regarding the open source server and android code available from wikimedia, specifically those at the links below:
Server side: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download
Android: https://github.com/wikimedia/apps-android-wikipedia
I want to host my own wiki using the mediawiki source on a server. I want to ask whether the open source wikipedia app allows connection to mediawiki servers not owned by Wikipedia.
Thanks,
Amit
Hello mobile Wikimedians,
This morning the iOS app team published an update of the Wikipedia app to
the App Store[1].
This update includes:
- Totally rebuilt account management system, including support for
two-factor login, password reset and accessible account creation
- Improved image layout, especially on iPad
- Fixes and small improvements for Share-a-fact
- Improved caching behavior to take up less space on device
- Get directions to any geotagged article from the Share action (opens the
Maps app)
- Better filtering of non-article pages from reading recommendations (no
more recommendations of Main Pages!)
- Lots and lots of small improvements and bug fixes
As always, many thanks to all our volunteer translators, beta testers and
code contributors. I particularly want to recognize user Julien Bodet
(julbod) who submitted several significant patches for this version.
Thanks,
Josh
[1] - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8