Readers/Status updates/2017-07
This is the monthly update for 2017-07
Discussions
[edit]Apps
[edit]- Development of ZIM file and offline compilations support continues.
- Continuing to work on improved Reading lists feature, addressing user reports and preparing for syncing functionality.
- We're working on an initial set of downloadable compilations to be available in the Android app.
- For iOS we'll be releasing version 5.6 next week, and are just wrapping up testing.
- Version 5.6 of iOS features sepia and dark reading modes, On this day timelines and public domain Wikipedia themed stickers for iMessage
Web
[edit]- We found and reported a quite serious bug in the Firefox browser.
- We're working on some style improvements to the print styles of desktop pages and PDFs.
- Page previews is coming to all wikis excluding German and English!
- We're working on allowing Page previews to display html previews
- We're considering adding a namespace filter to Special:ShortPages. Would this be useful to people? Please let us know!
New Readers
[edit]- New Reader updates can be found at Meta.
Multimedia
[edit]- We identified must-do 3D tasks in anticipation of a future launch, and have a few outstanding bugs to resolve before being feature complete. An additional Wikilegal discussion on 3D has been initiated; depending on the outcome some interface changes may be required before launch.
Discovery
[edit]The Discovery team provides weekly updates. Here are their updates for the month.
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