Windows Store
Wikipedia
589 ratings
Free
Books & Reference / Non-fiction
Age rating: 16+
Publisher: Wikimedia Foundation
Copyright 2012 Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
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DescriptionOfficial Wikipedia App for Windows 8. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled. Send us your feedback on Twitter @WikimediaMobile. The code is 100% open source and community built. If you are a developer and good at JS/HTML5, then come fork us! https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile Wikimedia privacy policy: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy Features
Release notesRelease 7: * localization updates * fix for crash on 'Read in' when no languages available * HTML security improvements * find bar fixes * share of selected text now includes HTML Release 6: * fix for locale initialization -- now defaults to system language * keyboard focus for scrolling * selected text may be shared out * square off tile images on hub * smart aspect ratio detection for featured image Release 5: * Search Wikipedia by sharing selected text from other apps like IE * Search by typing * Added "Find in Article" * Fixed activation bugs * high-resolution tile icons * bug fixes Release 4: * Added privacy policy link under settings/about * Dropped currently unused location permission * Fix for crashing bug on launch Release 3: * Fix for cut-off text in articles * Can switch language on hub * List recently changes articles on hub * History popup list * Initial localization support * Added GPL license info * Fixes for snapped view * Network connection errors detected * Pinning disabled on hub (used to crash) Supported processors
x86, x64, ARM
Languages
English (United States)
License agreementContains code licensed under terms of GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or later: https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile/blob/master/COPYING |
