Congrats on the release! It'll be really interesting to see how this one
stacks up in usage and usefulness against the fuller version - can't wait
to see how it evolves.
Anne
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:54 PM, Jorge Vargas <jvargas(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Stéphane,
Congrats on this achievement! Do keep us posted on how the new app works
out. This new mini-version is definitely a very interesting concept to test
out.
Abrazo,
Jorge
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:38 AM, Stephane Coillet-Matillon <
stephane(a)kiwix.org> wrote:
[Cross-post]
A quick note to announce that Kiwix released this morning a new version
of the Wikimed App called Wikimed Mini [1]. It basically complements the
earlier app in that it is 90% smaller and should therefore make it easier
to download and store by users who need it most (50% of installs for the
English version happen on the Indian subcontinent; for the French one, 80%
are in Africa).
But apart from this PSA I wanted to share the thinking that went behind
the design of this particular app, as I’ve been told it could be of
interest to this list:
There basically were three reasons for this "mini" version:
1. When connectivity is an issue, size does matter. If you look at the
20+ main offline medical apps out there, you'll see that they all range in
the 25-40Mb (the largest being 120Mb). Several of them have 1M+ downloads,
and even if I am no physician I'd say their content is rather minimal and
that WP content is far better: yet people download the other, smaller apps
rather than our gigantic, all-encompassing 1.2 Gb one;
2. You may have heard that thing about 60% of mobile readers not going
past the Lead section [2]. We did too, and took the drastic step of
removing everything below that - basically keeping only the lead part and
infobox. That saved us about 60%;
3. Then we looked at what was left and figured that infobox illustrations
weren't that helpful: either because they look good but are not very
informative, or because if they are in fact informative offline limitations
make it impossible to see more than a thumbnail. Don't get me wrong: the
ability to see high-res images comes high on the list of requests, but a
choice was to be made and that one was a low-hanging fruit. So we removed
the illustations as well, and now we're left with a 90% smaller app.
In spite of its size, the current Wikimed is rated higher (4.7) and kept
longer (75% retention at D30) that most apps (4.2/20%, respectively on
average): we’ll keep you posted on how the new app fares in comparison
to that.
Cheers,
Stephane
[1]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.
kiwixcustomwikimedmini
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Which_parts_of_
an_article_do_readers_read
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