Okay, HTTPS contributory features are now introduced on the Wikipedia Zero
mobile web experience for operators that zero-rate HTTPS.
Thanks Brandon Black and Yuri Astrakhan for help on the final pieces!
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Another note in case you missed it earlier. If
your'e looking in general to
test the Wikipedia app reboot, at the moment the Android APK can be
downloaded from
https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/apps-android-wikipedia-sprint…
bugs can be filed via Bugzilla. The iOS build is currently internal
due
to installation limits, although simulator and debugging stuff can be done
on the latest beta of Xcode.
I also forgot to mention my peer Yuri's great work! The guy knuckled down
to considerably revise Varnish scripts, reviewed and helped me improve
code, and offered really good advice on API-app interaction. Thanks Yuri!
-Adam
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I realized I should be clear that the
"rebooted apps" I mention are "the
future Wikipedia mobile app"s mentioned earlier in the thread. Sorry if
any
confusion.
-Adam
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> +mobile-l
>
> Greetings. Rupert, an update!
>
> The rebooted Android (Android 2.3+) and iOS (iOS 6+) apps will have
> Wikipedia Zero flourishes built into them, making it possible for the
user
> to know whether the app access is free of
data usage charges. The
rebooted
> apps are tentatively slated for store
submission at the end of the
month.
> The flourishes will hinge on each
operator's zero-rating of HTTPS.
>
> Likewise, HTTPS contributory features are about to be introduced on the
> Wikipedia Zero mobile web experience as well for operators that
zero-rate
> HTTPS.
>
> WMF is starting the work with partner operators to add support for
> zero-rating of HTTPS. There will be, at least, technical hurdles
> (networking equipment architecture varies) in this transition, but it's
> underway! Indeed, we have some carriers that have noted support for
HTTPS
> zero-rating already.
>
> I'm very much grateful to Brion, Yuvi, and Monte for their assistance
> while I added code to the Android and iOS platforms, and am happy to
get to
> work with them more while putting final
touches in place this month.
Props
to
Faidon, Mark, and Brandon in Ops Engineering as well on helping us
overcome some rather non-trivial hurdles in order to retain good
performance and maintainability while adding HTTPS support.
-Adam
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:34 PM, Brion Vibber <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org
wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Adam Baso <abaso(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
>>
>> > Rupert, I saw your question regarding Wikipedia Zero. Wikipedia Zero
is
>> > currently targeted for the mobile
web, but I'll take this question
>> back to
>> > the business team as to whether we'd be able to support zero-rating
of
>> apps
>> > traffic at some point in the future, at least in locales where
moderate
>> > bandwidth is available.
>> >
>>
>> I think that once the zero-rating is switched to support HTTPS by using
>> IP-based instead of Deep Packet Inspection-based HTTP sniffing, ISP
>> partners wouldn't actually be able to distinguish between mobile web
and
>> mobile apps content unless we actively
choose to make them use separate
>> IPs
>> and domain names.
>>
>> Especially if, as we think we're going to, the future Wikipedia mobile
>> app
>> will consist mostly of native code widgets and modules that plug into
the
web site embedded in a web control... it'll be
loading mostly the same
web
pages from the same servers, but running a different mix of JavaScript.
-- brion
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