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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Srikanth Ramakrishnan parakara.ghoda@gmail.com Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 1:46 AM Subject: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Android] Picture of the Day Wallpaper To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Heya all, I was searching the Android Market, when I stumbled upon this app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.wi... It's called Picture of the Day Wallpaper
From the market page:
Beautiful daily photos from Wikimedia Commons scroll across your desktop.
Live Wallpaper which displays the Picture Of The Day posted by Wikimedia Commons, an public domain media file repository (commons.wikimedia.orghttp://www.google.com/url?q=http://commons.wikimedia.org&usg=AFQjCNFNTovbfl8ZcrbSTJNc32s9TzrcXA ).
Each day a different glorious image from the Wikimedia Commons image library is automatically downloaded and added to the scrolling rotation of the last six images.
A convenient shortcut to the Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day webpage is provided on the initial application and preferences screens. A preference setting is also provided to control the image scroll speed and position of the image title.
To install this animated wallpaper, launch the application icon or long-click on your phone's desktop, then select Wallpapers, then select Live wallpapers.
*All images are credited to NASA (NASA.gov)* That last line worries me a bit. Are all photos credited to NASA, irrespective of who uploaded it? OR Are all photos of the Day by NASA, thereby giving others no chance for a front page visit?
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
Heya all, I was searching the Android Market, when I stumbled upon this app:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.wi... It's called Picture of the Day Wallpaper
[snip]
*All images are credited to NASA (NASA.gov)* That last line worries me a bit. Are all photos credited to NASA, irrespective of who uploaded it? OR Are all photos of the Day by NASA, thereby giving others no chance for a front page visit?
No, that is not the case of Wikimedia Commons featured pictures.
You may wish to contact the author of that wallpaper to let them know.. It looks like they mixed up part of the descriptions between this and their "NASA Scrolling Images" wallpaper:
< https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.na...
"Image credit on the Picture of the Day webpage. Image updates are subject to the availability of the Wikimedia Commons' Image of the Day RSS feed and associated images." -- brion
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
Heya all, I was searching the Android Market, when I stumbled upon this app:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.wi... It's called Picture of the Day Wallpaper
[snip]
*All images are credited to NASA (NASA.gov)* That last line worries me a bit. Are all photos credited to NASA, irrespective of who uploaded it? OR Are all photos of the Day by NASA, thereby giving others no chance for a front page visit?
No, that is not the case of Wikimedia Commons featured pictures.
You may wish to contact the author of that wallpaper to let them know.. It looks like they mixed up part of the descriptions between this and their "NASA Scrolling Images" wallpaper:
< https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.na...
"Image credit on the Picture of the Day webpage. Image updates are subject to the availability of the Wikimedia Commons' Image of the Day RSS feed and associated images." -- brion
cool - thanks for looking into that. A member from the Indian community found this, but I just went ahead and emailed the address on the developer page - so hopefully it gets switched up soon!
Also just wanted all you mobile lovers to be aware of the app (in case you aren't)!
Jessie
Thanks, Jessie. Another cool idea for UI and usability. Some of the great ideas we see in apps from third parties are good inspiration for us. I make note of these ideas on Meta / Mobile Projects / Feature Corral, or
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Projects/features#Leading_app_UI
Thanks for sharing.
Phil
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.orgwrote:
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jessie Wild jwild@wikimedia.org wrote:
Heya all, I was searching the Android Market, when I stumbled upon this app:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.wi... It's called Picture of the Day Wallpaper
[snip]
*All images are credited to NASA (NASA.gov)* That last line worries me a bit. Are all photos credited to NASA, irrespective of who uploaded it? OR Are all photos of the Day by NASA, thereby giving others no chance for a front page visit?
No, that is not the case of Wikimedia Commons featured pictures.
You may wish to contact the author of that wallpaper to let them know.. It looks like they mixed up part of the descriptions between this and their "NASA Scrolling Images" wallpaper:
< https://market.android.com/details?id=com.practicalapps.android.wallpaper.na...
"Image credit on the Picture of the Day webpage. Image updates are subject to the availability of the Wikimedia Commons' Image of the Day RSS feed and associated images." -- brion
cool - thanks for looking into that. A member from the Indian community found this, but I just went ahead and emailed the address on the developer page - so hopefully it gets switched up soon!
Also just wanted all you mobile lovers to be aware of the app (in case you aren't)!
Jessie
-- *Jessie Wild Global Development, Manager Wikimedia Foundation
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