While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold). On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann &lt;bernd(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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 &lt;dbrant(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > reading-wmf(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > > -- EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle IRC: bgerstle

Okay to move this to mobile-l? On Friday, June 5, 2015, Brian Gerstle &lt;bgerstle(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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 &lt;bernd(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > 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 &lt;dbrant(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >> 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> reading-wmf mailing list >> reading-wmf(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >> >> > > > -- > EN Wikipedia user page: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle > IRC: bgerstle > _______________________________________________ reading-wmf mailing list reading-wmf(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf

While they strip out links/citations, they do preserve text formatting (italics & bold). On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Bernd Sitzmann &lt;bernd(a)wikimedia.org&gt; 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 &lt;dbrant(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > 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(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > reading-wmf mailing list > reading-wmf(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/reading-wmf > > -- EN Wikipedia user page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Brian.gerstle IRC: bgerstle