Hi
We just have released version 2.5.0 of Kiwix JS browser extensions for
Firefox & Chrome.
You can find the new browser extensions:
* Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kiwix/donaljnlmapmngakoipdmehbfci…
* Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kiwix-offline/
Kiwix JS 2.5.0 Changelog:
* Support for javascript content inside the ZIM file, only in
ServiceWorker mode. Handle noscript tags in jQuery mode, and display a
warning when some unhandled javascript is detected
* Preliminary support of video/audio content (including subtitles) :
these content types are now supported. You can read them for example in
TED/TEDx, dirtybiology, oer4schools etc. BUT the main page of these ZIM
files needs javascript to work properly, which is only enabled in
ServiceWorker mode. In jQuery mode, the user needs to reach the pages
through a search
* Some technical fixes : footnotes in wikimedia ZIM files (and, more
generally, anchors in hyperlinks), incomplete searches in some specific
ZIM files (PhET and TED), compatibility with URLs that contain an
apostrophe, remove debug logs in ServiceWorker mode
* In the UI, replace the spinner by a more modern one
Work continues on our forge at https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js and
https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows.
Regards
Emmanuel
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Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: http://www.kiwix.org
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication
Hi
We have published a new version of MWoffliner: the Mediawiki scraper.
Version 1.7.0 is - like always - available here:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/mwoffliner
This new release contains mainly fixing an code improvements, here is
the detailed changelog:
* UPDATE: Deprecated desktop scraping (not --mobileLayout)
* UPDATE: Improve the article list welcome page #449
* UPDATE: Add string translation mechanism #16
* UPDATE: Fetch hundreds of redirects at a time instead of one #325
* UPDATE: Integrated MCS alongside Parsoid #388 #347 #404
* UPDATE: Introduce automated testing #146
* UPDATE: Support remote articleList and favicon #457
* UPDATE: Added --useCache option #263
This is the second milestone of a few we have planned with the support
of the WMF. Next one on the list is 1.8 and is planned for begin of
March. With 1.8 will get rid of zimwriterfs and write directly ZIM files
without temporary files on the hard disk. This will allow substantial
speed-ups and need less mass storage during the scraping process.
Like always, PR and bug reports are welcome at:
https://github.com/openzim/mwoffliner
Regards
Emmanuel
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Kiwix - Wikipedia Offline & more
* Web: http://www.kiwix.org
* Twitter: https://twitter.com/KiwixOffline
* more: http://www.kiwix.org/wiki/Communication
Hello everyone,
We are looking for an experimented Android developer with a good sense for UX to prepare the version 3 of Kiwix Android. This new version would include the following:
Stabilisation of the ZIM download service;
Full revamping of the library UI;
Improve automated testing infrastructure;
Improve continuous integration.
The full posting is here: https://www.kiwix.org/android-dev/ <https://www.kiwix.org/android-dev/>
If you are interested, or think you know someone who could be interested, feel free to reach out at jobs(a)kiwix.org <mailto:jobs@kiwix.org>
Cheers,
Stephane