[Apps] New Android production release - Mobile-l

Bahodir Mansurov

8 Jul 8 Jul

7:33 p.m.

On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it!

That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha

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Orsolya Gyenes

8:34 p.m.

I have an issue with watchlist too. It doesn't work with the WP Beta app at all but if I log into hu.wikipedia.org with Google Chrome with my username I can access my watchlist but it's really basic. Watchlist is really not fun on mobile. *~Orsolya* 2015-07-08 19:33 GMT+02:00 Bahodir Mansurov <bmansurov(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:

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On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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Dmitry Brant

9:56 p.m.

Hi Baha, I'm afraid that support for watchlists is not in the immediate future for the app. However, one thing that we're planning on doing is syncing of saved pages across devices (i.e. the list of saved pages persists with the user's account), but this is also more towards Q2/Q3. On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 1:33 PM, Bahodir Mansurov <bmansurov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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On Jul 8, 2015, at 10:30 AM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! That’s great news, Dmitry. Is watchlist coming to Android too? (Or is it already there which I didn’t see?) I’d really love to be able to access all my watched pages on Android and add them to the saved pages for a later reading. Thanks, Baha

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Pine W

16 Jul 16 Jul

1:06 a.m.

Hi Dmitry, How about promoting the app to Mobile Web users and on the desktop site with occasional watchlist notices? Also, perhaps Fundraising or Research would let you send occasional emails (quarterly at most) to their email lists? Pine Pine On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Hi Pine, We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for example[1]). The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the app rank higher for different search terms. Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that you would suggest? [1] http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-ap… On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps. Pine On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, "Dmitry Brant" <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hi everyone, We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements. Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release: * Enlarged images when browsing articles * Improved "read more" suggestions at the bottom of articles * Enabled "Search Wikipedia" when sharing text from other apps * Added system language support & Chinese dialects to Wikipedia language picker * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved Pages, etc.) * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left languages * Improved page caching * Added link to app FAQ in the "More" menu * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3] Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for our next release. You won't want to miss it! Best, Dmitry Brant Mobile apps team (Android) Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en [2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.… [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788 _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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Pine W

1:26 a.m.

Thanks Toby. I continue to note that mobile web is much better suited to editing than the Android app is, so I hope that mobile web users, particularly those who are logged in, will have the option to disable the banners. I do think that a test like you're describing is a good idea. Thanks, Pine Pine On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

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Hi Pine -- Thanks for the suggestion! We are in fact planning on running a test where we prompt app installations via banner to a small audience -- we'd like to understand how effective these banners are and will they continue to use the app once it is installed. It's important for us to understand how our readers will react to such banners before we make larger scale commitments. -Toby On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Dmitry, How about promoting the app to Mobile Web users and on the desktop site with occasional watchlist notices? Also, perhaps Fundraising or Research would let you send occasional emails (quarterly at most) to their email lists? Pine Pine On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 12:58 PM, Dmitry Brant <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:

Hi Pine, We usually work with Comms when we have a significant new feature in the apps that we want to promote, and Comms has done a great job so far of notifying all the various tech news outlets to pick up the story (for example[1]). The app is also fairly easily discoverable within the Play Store itself, although we could probably benefit from some SEO to make the app rank higher for different search terms. Are there additional venues for spreading the word about the apps that you would suggest? [1] http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-ap… On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Dmitry. Is WMF Comms going to market product updates like this? One item of feedback on the Strategic Plan was a request for a Wikipedia app, suggesting a lack of public awareness about the existing apps. Pine On Jul 8, 2015 7:30 AM, "Dmitry Brant" <dbrant(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We've released a new version of the production Wikipedia Android app > [1][2], which is currently rolling out to all Play Store users today. This > is mostly a maintenance release, with a few welcome visual enhancements. > Here's an abridged list of the updates in this release: > > * Enlarged images when browsing articles > * Improved "read more" suggestions at the bottom of articles > * Enabled "Search Wikipedia" when sharing text from other apps > * Added system language support & Chinese dialects to Wikipedia > language picker > * Improved appearance and consistency of article lists (History, Saved > Pages, etc.) > * Improved text alignment for mixed left-to-right and right-to-left > languages > * Improved page caching > * Added link to app FAQ in the "More" menu > * Various miscellaneous fixes and enhancements [3] > > Stay tuned for future updates! We have some big things in store for > our next release. You won't want to miss it! > > Best, > > Dmitry Brant > Mobile apps team (Android) > Wikimedia Foundation > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team > > [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en > [2] > https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.… > [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T103788 > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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