Hello mobile Wikimedians,
We've just pushed an updated beta of the 5.4.0 version of the Wikipedia app
for iOS. This beta is a release candidate that we hope to publish to the
app store early next week.
This updated beta finishes our work on our new Login system (including two
factor authentication). It also contains a number of bug fixes.
We've also removed the Places feature from this version. We are working on
addressing user research feedback[1] and community concerns[2] with Places,
and in the meantime wanted to get the improvements to log in and other bug
fixes into our users hands without further delay. So, if you liked Places
(as many testers did), it will be back and better than ever, but will not
be included in this version.
If you are not a beta tester and would like to become one, please sign up
here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfW7zFnUDYABvHLWlFclZ7O
JEK82WjVIjs_dSzwIDM0Hnz31A/viewform
Thanks,
Josh
[1] - User research results and suggested changes are here, for the
curious:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T158348
[2] - These concerns center on the appropriateness of using Apple built in
maps service for Places. Please see
https://phabricator.
wikimedia.org/T157763 and
https://www.mediawiki.org/
wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/iOS/Maps_service for more background/discussion.