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/Re... [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Synced_Reading_Lists/Reading_L... [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/15/investigating_a_perform... [4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Updates [5] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/48/query/GMIMsF0oKK9t/?filte... [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 ---
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