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Pine W

15 Oct 2014 15 Oct '14

3:56 a.m.

I have a lot on my plate so I can't test this feature very much right now, but I want to say thank you for responding to community requests for this feature. Pine

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Dan Garry

15 Oct 15 Oct

4:22 a.m.

Thanks Pine. We're glad you like it. :-) Dan On 14 October 2014 20:56, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:

I have a lot on my plate so I can't test this feature very much right now, but I want to say thank you for responding to community requests for this feature. Pine _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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florian.schmidt.welzow＠t-online.de

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Erik Moeller

7:10 a.m.

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM, florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de <florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> wrote:

But: There are several support requests, why the app now needs the actual position of he device. I think it would be much better for the users to understand this, if the "New features" section contains, that the new update has the nearby feature. Is it planned to update the release notes in Google Play? :)

I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en - Nearby: Learn more about what's around you by getting links to articles about things that are near your current location. (Location services are used only by this feature) Unfortunately, "Android has no mechanism for granting permissions dynamically (at run-time) because it complicates the user experience to the detriment of security." [1] Perhaps the app team has insights into whether that's likely to change but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is used for, AFAICT. Erik [1] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html -- Erik Möller VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation

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florian.schmidt.welzow＠t-online.de

7:16 a.m.

I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en

My fault: "german" play store :) (The suppot requests are in geman, too): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=de There is only the following information in "New features" box: New in 1.3 * Much faster page loading on slower connections * Styling fixes * Fixes for right-to-left languages New in 1.2 * New look and feel for sections * Uses the API to load content, is faster * References show up in easy to use overlay * Pinch to zoom in the maps on ICS and Honeycomb * Style fixes for ICS phones * Better support for Right to Left languages * And plenty of bug fixes! If i select english (hl=en), i see the updated changes (with nearby).

but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is used for, AFAICT.

Tat's what i'm doing :) Freundliche Grüße Florian Schmidt -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Android "Nearby" Feature Datum: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:10:44 +0200 Von: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> An: "florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de" <florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM, florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de <florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> wrote:

But: There are several support requests, why the app now needs the actual position of he device. I think it would be much better for the users to understand this, if the "New features" section contains, that the new update has the nearby feature. Is it planned to update the release notes in Google Play? :)

I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en - Nearby: Learn more about what's around you by getting links to articles about things that are near your current location. (Location services are used only by this feature) Unfortunately, "Android has no mechanism for granting permissions dynamically (at run-time) because it complicates the user experience to the detriment of security." [1] Perhaps the app team has insights into whether that's likely to change but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is used for, AFAICT. Erik [1] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html -- Erik Möller VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation

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Bernd Sitzmann

16 Oct 16 Oct

3:37 a.m.

Hi Florian, Just to follow up via email: Thank you for letting us know about the issue. Dmitry and I have removed the old translations of What's New from the store listing. So, this should not happen anymore. -Bernd On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:16 AM, florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de < florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> wrote:

I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en

My fault: "german" play store :) (The suppot requests are in geman, too): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=de There is only the following information in "New features" box: New in 1.3 * Much faster page loading on slower connections * Styling fixes * Fixes for right-to-left languages New in 1.2 * New look and feel for sections * Uses the API to load content, is faster * References show up in easy to use overlay * Pinch to zoom in the maps on ICS and Honeycomb * Style fixes for ICS phones * Better support for Right to Left languages * And plenty of bug fixes! If i select english (hl=en), i see the updated changes (with nearby).

but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is

used for, AFAICT. Tat's what i'm doing :) Freundliche Grüße Florian Schmidt -----Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: Re: [WikimediaMobile] Android "Nearby" Feature Datum: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 09:10:44 +0200 Von: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org> An: "florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de" < florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:44 PM, florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de <florian.schmidt.welzow(a)t-online.de> wrote:

But: There are several support requests, why the app now needs the actual position of he device. I think it would be much better for the

users

to understand this, if the "New features" section contains, that the new update has the nearby feature. Is it planned to update the release notes in Google Play? :)

I'm seeing this in the "What's new" section of https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en - Nearby: Learn more about what's around you by getting links to articles about things that are near your current location. (Location services are used only by this feature) Unfortunately, "Android has no mechanism for granting permissions dynamically (at run-time) because it complicates the user experience to the detriment of security." [1] Perhaps the app team has insights into whether that's likely to change but as-is the best we can do is tell the user what the permission is used for, AFAICT. Erik [1] https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/security/permissions.html -- Erik Möller VP of Product & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l

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