+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','abaso@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle <bgerstle@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bgerstle@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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Sure! When I highlight the word "London", the Wikipedia preview contains an IPA block that has a link which, when pressed, causes the app to crash.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
Sure! When I highlight the word "London", the Wikipedia preview contains an IPA block that has a link which, when pressed, causes the app to crash.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Adam Baso <abaso@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','abaso@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant <dbrant@wikimedia.org javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','dbrant@wikimedia.org');> wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
> I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few > interesting things, including this: > > device-2015-06-04-225651.png > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web > > When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a > definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native > component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, > references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're > using?) > > It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been > developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such > a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any > kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also > want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions > (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc... > > > p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link > inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. > In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext! > > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > reading-wmf@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > >
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I would guess they are using the extracts. It returns pretty clean html with the content.
For example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extracts&format...
You can also request plain text
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&prop=extra...
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 5:27 PM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks. Want me to reach out to Amazon about that crash condition so they can patch it?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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FWIW, they are also doing basically the same thing in the e-ink hardware Kindles.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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I love this feature and it has changed how I read. Do we know of any browser extensions that do same? Yosemite has a native spotlight built-in that works in any browser (I'm using chrome), but it is hard to discover (command-ctrl-d).
Meta screenshot: [image: Inline image 2]
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Luis Villa lvilla@wikimedia.org wrote:
FWIW, they are also doing basically the same thing in the e-ink hardware Kindles.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few interesting things, including this: device-2015-06-04-225651.png https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're using?)
It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc...
p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext!
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Our users also *really* want popovers (have a 1-star review on our current version in the US app store complaining we don't have link preview yet).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Jon Katz jkatz@wikimedia.org wrote:
I love this feature and it has changed how I read. Do we know of any browser extensions that do same? Yosemite has a native spotlight built-in that works in any browser (I'm using chrome), but it is hard to discover (command-ctrl-d).
Meta screenshot: [image: Inline image 2]
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Luis Villa lvilla@wikimedia.org wrote:
FWIW, they are also doing basically the same thing in the e-ink hardware Kindles.
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
+mobile-l
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Adam Baso abaso@wikimedia.org wrote:
Okay to move this to mobile-l?
On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle bgerstle@wikimedia.org wrote:
While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold).
On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann bernd@wikimedia.org wrote:
Nice find. I also like being able to swipe those cards left/right between different information sources. Looks like depending on the selected words it's: Dictionary, Wikipedia, Translation
On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Dmitry Brant dbrant@wikimedia.org wrote:
> I was using the Kindle app on the plane today, and I noticed a few > interesting things, including this: > > device-2015-06-04-225651.png > https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/file/d/0BzcksMsMNpY1SzA3bHY4WF9hM1U/edit?usp=drive_web > > When highlighting a word or phrase, the user is presented with a > definition of the word from Wikipedia. The content is presented in a native > component, with only the first section of text shown (all links, > references, infoboxes, etc. are stripped out). (I wonder what API they're > using?) > > It looks very similar to the link preview prototypes we've been > developing in our apps, and it's very telling that the Kindle app has such > a feature, since it helps emphasize the usefulness of this feature in any > kind of "reader" app. Perhaps, in addition to link previews, we may also > want to think about allowing users to highlight words and show definitions > (from Wiktionary?), pronunciations, translations, etc... > > > p.s. I was able to get the Kindle app to crash by clicking a link > inside one of the Wikipedia "previews" that wasn't stripped out correctly. > In other words, no app is safe from the edge cases of wikitext! > > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > reading-wmf@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > >
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