We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and minor bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have one out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on first login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come to Android in a future version.
Downloads and release notes: * Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikimedia-commons/id630901780 * Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons * Android direct download: http://download.wikimedia.org/android/wikimedia-commons-1.0beta11.apk
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / bvibber @ wikimedia.org)
On 20 August 2013 16:57, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and minor bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have one out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on first login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come to Android in a future version.
Thanks to Monte and Brion for the work on this. I recently attended an "edit-a-thon" at the Royal Ontario Museum, and pointed the attendees (and ROM staff/interns) to this app - they were extremely enthusiastic, and I have a feeling we've already seen some images from them.
Risker
Hello guys,
Are you thinking to develop apps for FirefoxOS too?
2013/8/20 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com
On 20 August 2013 16:57, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and
minor
bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have
one
out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on
first
login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come
to
Android in a future version.
Thanks to Monte and Brion for the work on this. I recently attended an "edit-a-thon" at the Royal Ontario Museum, and pointed the attendees (and ROM staff/interns) to this app - they were extremely enthusiastic, and I have a feeling we've already seen some images from them.
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Rodrigo Padula <rodrigopadula@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hello guys,
Are you thinking to develop apps for FirefoxOS too?
Currently we're not planning a version of the Commons uploader app. Photo uploading works in Firefox via the mobile web site, though it's not quite as flexible -- eg you can't edit your photo descriptions while offline and then upload a bunch online... yet. :)
There's less need for a separate app on Firefox OS, as the regular web browser actually can interact with other apps on the system (eg to launch another app, or fetch a photo from the library, etc). So in the future, we'll probably have more 'progressive enhancement' with additional uploading & media features in supporting browsers, and that'll get rolled into our "app" entry in the Firefox Marketplace replacing the current Wikipedia reader app.
(The Commons uploader apps may or may not eventually roll into the main Wikipedia app on iOS and Android too, we haven't decided for sure yet.)
-- brion
2013/8/20 Risker risker.wp@gmail.com
On 20 August 2013 16:57, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and
minor
bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have
one
out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's
online
developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI
improvements
and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on
first
login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come
to
Android in a future version.
Thanks to Monte and Brion for the work on this. I recently attended an "edit-a-thon" at the Royal Ontario Museum, and pointed the attendees (and ROM staff/interns) to this app - they were extremely enthusiastic, and I have a feeling we've already seen some images from them.
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2013/8/21 Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org:
(The Commons uploader apps may or may not eventually roll into the main Wikipedia app on iOS and Android too, we haven't decided for sure yet.)
That sound weird (read: divergent from all the stuff we read in the WMF plans and reports). Shouldn't the ultimate development goal for mobile be total feature parity with desktop? Otherwise how is wiki* supposed to tap into "global south" (I hate this buzzword!) editor resources? Aren't all the pundits claiming that desktop is dead and in the future we're all gonna browse the internet on small (5-10") or huge (40"+) screens?
Strainu
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Strainu strainu10@gmail.com wrote:
2013/8/21 Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org:
(The Commons uploader apps may or may not eventually roll into the main Wikipedia app on iOS and Android too, we haven't decided for sure yet.)
That sound weird (read: divergent from all the stuff we read in the WMF plans and reports). Shouldn't the ultimate development goal for mobile be total feature parity with desktop?
Pretty much yes parity is what we want! But it'll take some time to redo the overall UI of Commons on the desktop to not be awful ;) and there's always a different set of capabilities available to us on different platforms.
Note that UploadWizard provides much similar functionality in uploading on the desktop (but with poor offline batching and no direct camera support, and for large batch uploads there are some usability issues).
A similar view of your uploads to what the Commons app gives can be gotten on the desktop by jumping through a couple hoops -- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyFiles -- and a more direct analog is integrated and linked from the sidebar on mobile web -- try https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Uploads ...
In the future, there'll be more and more convergence as the browsers improve support for native device functions and offline storage.
-- brion
Hey Brion,
Very cool!
I just downloaded Commons for iOS and uploaded a photo in minutes … it went smooth as silk :)
Thanks for you fine work, which should enable many more folks to contribute multimedia content on the go.
Cheers,
Fabrice
On Aug 20, 2013, at 1:57 PM, Brion Vibber wrote:
We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and minor bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have one out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on first login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come to Android in a future version.
Downloads and release notes:
- Apple App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikimedia-commons/id630901780
- Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons
- Android direct download: http://download.wikimedia.org/android/wikimedia-commons-1.0beta11.apk
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hi brion,
thank you so much for that! where is the source code? i tried to search for "commons" on https://git.wikimedia.org/. i wanted to look if there is really no account creation at the login screen or it is just my phone which does not display one, and which URL the aplication connects to (https i hoped). as well, i was quite puzzled that wikipedia zero might not include traffic coming from apps.
rupert.
On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Brion Vibber bvibber@wikimedia.org wrote:
We have just released Commons for iOS (version 1.0.8) and Android (1.0beta11), with *major* UI and performance improvements on iOS and minor bug fixes on Android.
This is our first release in a couple months on iOS -- we hoped to have one out before Wikimania but were delayed due to problems with Apple's online developer tools being offline for a while. There are huge UI improvements and lots of bug fixes, thanks to our new mobile developer Monte Hurd. Thanks Monte!
We've been releasing smaller updates on Android in the meantime, so the updates have been more incremental there.
Both versions now include a quick 3-screen acceptable-use tutorial on first login. iOS includes featured photos as examples as well; this will come to Android in a future version.
Downloads and release notes:
- Apple App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikimedia-commons/id630901780
- Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikimedia.commons
- Android direct download:
http://download.wikimedia.org/android/wikimedia-commons-1.0beta11.apk
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / bvibber @ wikimedia.org)
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Hey rupert!
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 10:21 PM, rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com wrote:
hi brion,
thank you so much for that! where is the source code? i tried to search for "commons" on https://git.wikimedia.org/. i wanted to look
Android: https://git.wikimedia.org/summary/apps%2Fandroid%2Fcommons.git iOS: github.com/wikimedia/Commons-iOS
if there is really no account creation at the login screen or it is just my phone which does not display one, and which URL the aplication
Mediawiki doesn't have API support for creating accounts, and hence the apps don't have create account support yet.
connects to (https i hoped). as well, i was quite puzzled that wikipedia zero might not include traffic coming from apps.
Yes, https by default (on Android I know for sure, an dI think on iOS too). I don't know how Wikipedia Zero will interfere in this though?
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