The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team today published a minor update to the
Wikipedia app. You can download it here:
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=32471523…
This version, v5.8.2, contains a goodly number of usability improvements
and bug fixes, including:
- More responsive search box
- Larger font size options for large/super high resolution devices
- Support for pronunciation guides' embedded audio clips
- Fixes for swipe and force touch actions in many places, especially on
Saved pages
- Layout issues with widgets
Among many others!
Special thanks to volunteer Sedgie27 for the patch! As usual also many
thanks to our translators and testers.
Cheers,
Josh Minor
Product Manager, Wikipedia for iOS
Hi
We have published a new maintenance release of Kiwix for iOS 1.9 branch.
Here is the short changelog:
- Use Realm in replace of CoreData as database
- Added Wiktionary, Wikiquote and Wikisource categories
- Fix: unable to detect embedded index in some situations
- Fix: unable to cancel erroneous download tasks
The app is available on iTunes at http://ios.kiwix.org.
Enjoy
Emmanuel
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Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: http://www.kiwix.org
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication
The slide deck from last week's quarterly metrics presentation of the
Wikimedia Foundation's Audiences department has been published.[1]
This deck gives an overview over core metrics regarding readership and
contributors of Wikimedia sites, expanding the scope of the readers
core metrics presentations given in previous quarters. It can be
regarded as an appendix to the May 2018 quarterly check-ins of the WMF
Audiences department (in particular of the Readers and Contributors
teams). [2]
[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Audiences_metr…
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Plan/Quarterly_…
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Tilman Bayer
Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Hi everyone,
We've released our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en>, now
available on the Google Play store. (For devices without Google Play
services, you may download
<https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.…>
the app directly)
This is a maintenance update that addresses a few minor issues and bugs:
* Respect the new {{shortdescription}} template in articles (no longer
offer to edit the Wikidata description if a local article description is
present).
* Fix possible latency issues due to incorrect cookie handling.
* Fix possible errors when synchronizing reading lists (when adding
articles from external deep links).
Cheers,
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Dmitry Brant
Senior Software Engineer (Android)
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering
Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team released a first beta of our next
update to TestFlight. This version, v5.8.2 contains a number of usability
and performance improvements, including:
- More responsive search box
- Larger font size options for large/super high resolution devices
- Support for pronunciation guide embedded audio clips
- Fixes for swipe and force touch actions in many places, especially on
Saved pages
And more...
If you are a beta tester, please install the update and let us know if you
spot any issues. If you'd like to become a beta tester please sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7O
JEK82WjVIjs_dSzwIDM0Hnz31A/viewfo
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7OJEK82WjVIjs…>
rm
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7OJEK82WjVIjs…>
Thanks,
Josh Minor
PM, Wikipedia for iOS
Hello mobile wikimedians,
The Wikimedia Foundation's iOS team is glad to announce the latest update
to the Wikipedia app for iOS, version 5.8.1, is available here:
https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/
viewSoftware?id=324715238&mt=8
This version includes a small number of bug fixes and improvements
following our major release of Reading lists last month, particularly for
right-to-left languages.
Thanks to Ladolego, and our other volunteer bug reporters and translators
for their usual invaluable help.
Cheers,
Josh Minor
PM, Wikipedia for iOS
Hi
We just have released a new version of Kiwix for iOS.
New Library Design:
* ZIM files are grouped by topic categories
* ZIM file detail view
* Downloading content and catalog are displayed in one place
* On iPads, using a split view with ZIM file / categories on the left
and detail on the right
Bookmark:
* Now displayed as a side panel on iPad
* Add / remove bookmark interface is now presented as a HUD and does not
cover up all the screen space
Reading:
* Now ask users for confirmation when opening external links. Can be
turned on or off in settings
Core:
* Massive multiple improvement of the ZIM file mgmt through introduction
of Kiwix lib 2.0.
iOS:
* An effort has been made to keep compatibility with iOS 10.
The app is available on iTunes at http://ios.kiwix.org.
Enjoy
Emmanuel
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Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: http://www.kiwix.org
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication