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The rest are more trivial in comparison. You can check the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Change log">Change_log</a> for more detail.
The rest are more trivial in comparison. You can check the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change_log</a> for more detail.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Image_packages_for_Serbian.2C_Malay_and_Bulgarian_wikis">Image packages for Serbian, Malay and Bulgarian wikis</span>
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The rest are more trivial in comparison. You can check the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Change log">Change_log</a> for more detail.
The rest are more trivial in comparison. You can check the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change_log</a> for more detail.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Image_packages_for_Serbian.2C_Malay_and_Bulgarian_wikis_2">Image packages for Serbian, Malay and Bulgarian wikis</span>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Various_minor_fixes">Various minor fixes</span>
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There were a lot of other minor fixes in v2.8.1. Most of these are parser related, but there are a few interesting items under the <b>change</b> section. Please have a look at the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Change log">Change_log</a>
There were a lot of other minor fixes in v2.8.1. Most of these are parser related, but there are a few interesting items under the <b>change</b> section. Please have a look at the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_11" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change_log</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release:_v2.8.2">Next release: v2.8.2</span>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Minor_miscellaneous_fixes">Minor miscellaneous fixes</span>
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There were a bunch of minor fixes. None of these are worth further explanation, so please take a quick look at the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Change log">Change_log</a>
There were a bunch of minor fixes. None of these are worth further explanation, so please take a quick look at the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_14" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change_log</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="New_javascript_libraries">New javascript libraries</span>
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I finished uploading the files for English Wikipedia. Note that these files are just like the 2015-04 set, except that the max file size is 1.5 GB instead of 3 GB. Android can't use 3 GB files.
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Unfortunately, right now, there are 3 types of sets for English Wikipedia: v1, v2a and v2b. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" id="xolnki_16" title="App/Import/English Wikipedia">App/Import/English_Wikipedia</a> for more details. Users are strongly encouraged to download the new 2015-06 set (v2b), especially if they're going to use Android. However, I will continue to support monthly updates for v1 and v2a over the next year.
Unfortunately, right now, there are 3 types of sets for English Wikipedia: v1, v2a and v2b. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/English_Wikipedia.html" id="xolnki_16" title="App/Import/English Wikipedia" class="xowa-visited">App/Import/English_Wikipedia</a> for more details. Users are strongly encouraged to download the new 2015-06 set (v2b), especially if they're going to use Android. However, I will continue to support monthly updates for v1 and v2a over the next year.
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For more information on setting up English Wikipedia, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Xtn/Android.html" id="xolnki_17" title="App/Xtn/Android">App/Xtn/Android</a>
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XOWA droid can now run a complete version of English Wikipedia. Of course, I'll be making many more changes in the upcoming months. If you come across any bugs or have any suggestions, feel free to drop by and give me some feedback as per <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" id="xolnki_18" title="Help/Feedback">Help/Feedback</a>
XOWA droid can now run a complete version of English Wikipedia. Of course, I'll be making many more changes in the upcoming months. If you come across any bugs or have any suggestions, feel free to drop by and give me some feedback as per <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" id="xolnki_18" title="Help/Feedback" class="xowa-visited">Help/Feedback</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Fixes_for_CSS_generation">Fixes for CSS generation</span>
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For more information, see: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/SWT.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/HTML_Browser.html" id="xolnki_21" title="App/UI/HTML Browser">App/UI/HTML_Browser</a>
For more information, see: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/SWT.html" id="xolnki_20" title="Dev/SWT">Dev/SWT</a> <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/UI/HTML_Browser.html" id="xolnki_21" title="App/UI/HTML Browser" class="xowa-visited">App/UI/HTML_Browser</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Fix_for_wikis_not_working_because_of_old_image_databases">Fix for wikis not working because of old image databases</span>
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v2.6.2 now prefers v1 over v2. This should automatically fix anyone who encountered the problem above. Of course, if a v1 user moves to v2, then they would have to move / delete the v1 databases in order to see v2.
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If you find your images are still not working, please post as per <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" id="xolnki_23" title="Help/Feedback">Help/Feedback</a>
If you find your images are still not working, please post as per <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Help/Feedback.html" id="xolnki_23" title="Help/Feedback" class="xowa-visited">Help/Feedback</a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Mac_OS_X_now_defaults_to_WebKit_instead_of_XULRunner">Mac OS X now defaults to WebKit instead of XULRunner</span>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v2.5.4.1_.282015-05-25_01:15_Sun.29">Release: v2.5.4.1 (2015-05-25 01:15 Sun)</span>
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v2.5.4.1 is a significant release. In brief, it involved a rewrite of the online file downloading system to use the same system as the offline version. It also includes instructions for building the image databases on <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id="xolnki_25" title="Dashboard/Image databases">Dashboard/Image_databases</a> as well as an Android alpha. It may be worthwhile to go through the items in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_26" title="Change log">Change_log</a>
v2.5.4.1 is a significant release. In brief, it involved a rewrite of the online file downloading system to use the same system as the offline version. It also includes instructions for building the image databases on <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dashboard/Image_databases.html" id="xolnki_25" title="Dashboard/Image databases" class="xowa-visited">Dashboard/Image_databases</a> as well as an Android alpha. It may be worthwhile to go through the items in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Change_log.html" id="xolnki_26" title="Change log" class="xowa-visited">Change_log</a>
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As a side-note, I've not generated image databases for a few weeks. This is due to the dumps being badly broken at <a href="http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html" rel="nofollow" class="external free">http://dumps.wikimedia.org/backup-index.html</a> See <a href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/xmldatadumps-l/2015-May/date.html" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/xmldatadumps-l/2015-May/date.html</a> and <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98585" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T98585</a> .
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v2.4.4.1_.282015-04-26_21:55_Sun.29">Release: v2.4.4.1 (2015-04-26 21:55 Sun)</span>
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v2.4.4.1 introduces a multi-wiki search feature. The configuration is a bit difficult, but it should be flexible enough to handle most scenarios. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Search.html" id="xolnki_27" title="Options/Search">Options/Search</a>. I also made a few more improvements to the general Search behavior. There are also some important incremental fixes from earlier this week.
v2.4.4.1 introduces a multi-wiki search feature. The configuration is a bit difficult, but it should be flexible enough to handle most scenarios. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Options/Search.html" id="xolnki_27" title="Options/Search" class="xowa-visited">Options/Search</a>. I also made a few more improvements to the general Search behavior. There are also some important incremental fixes from earlier this week.
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For images, the last part of German is uploading, and I plan to upload Czech tonight or tomorrow.
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For more info, you should refer to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Design/Database.html" id="xolnki_28" title="Dev/Design/Database">Dev/Design/Database</a>.
For more info, you should refer to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Design/Database.html" id="xolnki_28" title="Dev/Design/Database" class="xowa-visited">Dev/Design/Database</a>.
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These changes involved a lot of rewrite of database code over the past few weeks. I've done testing on my side, but if you notice any issues, please report them to <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/xowa/discussion/general/" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://sourceforge.net/p/xowa/discussion/general/</a>

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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-05.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2016-05" class="xowa-visited">2016-05</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04" class="xowa-visited">2016-04</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2016-03">2016-03</a>
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The Android app is a major release. It has a Random feature, shows more images, and adds CSS-tweaks.
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Documentation_for_html-dump_script._See_Dev.2FCommand-line.2FDumps">Documentation for html-dump script. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Command-line/Dumps.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Dev/Command-line/Dumps">Dev/Command-line/Dumps</a></span>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Documentation_for_html-dump_script._See_Dev.2FCommand-line.2FDumps">Documentation for html-dump script. See <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Command-line/Dumps.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Dev/Command-line/Dumps" class="xowa-visited">Dev/Command-line/Dumps</a></span>
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This item is self-explanatory. The XOWA Android app is getting more stable, so I felt it would be time to document the generation of the HTML databases.

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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-05.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2016-05" class="xowa-visited">2016-05</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04" class="xowa-visited">2016-04</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2016-03">2016-03</a>

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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-05.html" id="xolnki_3" title="Blog/2016-05" class="xowa-visited">2016-05</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04" class="xowa-visited">2016-04</a>
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<b>2016-03</b>

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The images are an update to the 2015-09 set. If you already have the 2015-09 set, just download the 2016-04 update: <a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_dewiki_2016-04-07_file_update.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_dewiki_2016-04-07_file_update.7z</a>
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For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
For Android, download all the de.wikipedia.org files in <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Android/Setup" class="xowa-visited">Android/Setup</a>
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For the other German wikis, the process is similar. Download <a href="https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_debundle_2016-04-07.7z" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://archive.org/download/Xowa_dewiki_latest/Xowa_debundle_2016-04-07.7z</a> and copy the files to your microSD card.
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<b>Youtube video</b>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMTBxGweUw</a>
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<b>Android Setup</b>: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" id="xolnki_10" title="Android/Setup">Android/Setup</a>
<b>Android Setup</b>: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Android/Setup.html" id="xolnki_10" title="Android/Setup" class="xowa-visited">Android/Setup</a>
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<b>2016-05</b>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04" class="xowa-visited">2016-04</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2016-03">2016-03</a>

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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04">2016-04</a>
<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-04.html" id="xolnki_4" title="Blog/2016-04" class="xowa-visited">2016-04</a>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Blog/2016-03.html" id="xolnki_5" title="Blog/2016-03">2016-03</a>
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<a href="#Release:_Android_Beta_with_wiki_downloader_.282016-06-12_23:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: Android Beta with wiki downloader (2016-06-12 23:00 Sun)</span></a>
<a href="#Release:_v3.6.3.1_.282016-06-19_19:30_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Release: v3.6.3.1 (2016-06-19 19:30 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC_.26_Android.29_New_Download_Central_to_download_HTML_dumps_and_images"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">(PC &amp; Android) New Download Central to download HTML dumps and images</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC_.26_Server.29_Android_HTML_dumps_are_now_usable"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">(PC &amp; Server) Android HTML dumps are now usable</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC_.26_Android_.26_Server.29_Search_now_reduces_importance_of_short_pages"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">(PC &amp; Android &amp; Server) Search now reduces importance of short pages</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Server.29_Fix_for_broken_Search"><span class="tocnumber">1.4</span> <span class="toctext">(Server) Fix for broken Search</span></a>
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<a href="#.28PC.29_Minor_fixes_.28Database.2C_HTML_Dump.2C_Search.2C_Special.2C_Parser.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.5</span> <span class="toctext">(PC) Minor fixes (Database, HTML Dump, Search, Special, Parser)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Android.29_Minor_changes_.28more_Special_pages:_redesigned_UI_for_special_pages.2C_HTML_Page_Title.2C_flat_icon.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.6</span> <span class="toctext">(Android) Minor changes (more Special pages: redesigned UI for special pages, HTML Page Title, flat icon)</span></a>
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<a href="#.28Wikis.29_English_Wikipedia_.282016-06.29_and_Simple_Wikipedia_.282016-06.29"><span class="tocnumber">1.7</span> <span class="toctext">(Wikis) English Wikipedia (2016-06) and Simple Wikipedia (2016-06)</span></a>
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<a href="#Next_release:_v3.6.4"><span class="tocnumber">1.8</span> <span class="toctext">Next release: v3.6.4</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_NONE_.282016-06-05_22:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: NONE (2016-06-05 22:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_Android_Beta_with_wiki_downloader_.282016-06-12_23:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Release: Android Beta with wiki downloader (2016-06-12 23:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<a href="#Release:_NONE_.282016-06-05_22:00_Sun.29"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Release: NONE (2016-06-05 22:00 Sun)</span></a>
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<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_v3.6.3.1_.282016-06-19_19:30_Sun.29">Release: v3.6.3.1 (2016-06-19 19:30 Sun)</span>
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The PC app is a major release. It has a new Download page, can now read Android HTML databases by default, and includes many minor fixes
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The Android app is a major release. It also has a new Download page, as well as some minor changes.
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The Server app is a major release. It can read Android HTML databases by default, and has a fix for the broken Search.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC_.26_Android.29_New_Download_Central_to_download_HTML_dumps_and_images">(PC &amp; Android) New Download Central to download HTML dumps and images</span>
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<a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaDownloadCentral.html" id="xolnki_9" title="Special:XowaDownloadCentral" class="xowa-visited">Download Central</a> is the major feature of the release. This is an in-app downloader that can download wikis for both Android or desktop. It can download images as well.
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For v3.6.3, there are only two wikis: Simple Wikipedia and English Wikipedia. More wikis will be added every week throughout 2016. Next week, v3.6.4 should have other English wikis, like English Wiktionary and Wikisource.
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Going forward, Download Central will be the primary vehicle to get XOWA wikis. It provides a simple way to import wikis. It eliminates any confusion about which files to download and where to copy them. Monthly updates for English Wikipedia will be published here as well.
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To try it out, go to <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaDownloadCentral.html" id="xolnki_10" title="Special:XowaDownloadCentral" class="xowa-visited">Download Central</a>. For more info, see the <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Download_Central.html" id="xolnki_11" title="App/Import/Download Central" class="xowa-visited">Download Central</a> help page.
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<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC_.26_Server.29_Android_HTML_dumps_are_now_usable">(PC &amp; Server) Android HTML dumps are now usable</span>
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This is the other major feature of the release. Previously, the app could only read wikitext dumps. Now, it can read the XOWA Android HTML dumps. This has a few key benefits:
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<b>One micro-SD card: many platforms</b>: The same micro-SD card can be used to read XOWA on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Raspberry PI or Android
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<b>Fast page loads</b>: The app no longer needs to generate HTML from the wikitext. It can just load the HTML directly. This will be significantly faster. For example, a page like Earth might have taken 5 seconds to load. Now it loads in 1 second (or less).
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<b>Wikidata no longer required</b>: The HTML dumps no longer need Wikidata, which took up an additional 32 GB of space. Previously, Wikidata (www.wikidata.org) needed to be imported, or else some data would be missing.
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However, there are drawbacks as well:
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<b>Missing features</b>: The HTML dumps currently do not support these features:
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Table of Contents: Android generates Table of Contents in a different manner
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Redlinks: This feature still needs to be implemented.
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Links in other languages: Wikidata is still needed for this information
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Categories (partially): Categories are dynamically rendered. The HTML dumps includes the first 200 items in a category, but if there are more, they won't be available
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Other omissions: Image Map and Gallery were found to be broken for 2016-06 English Wikipedia. They are fixed for future releases. However, there will probably be other items that will be discovered as well.
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</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
<b>Plans</b>: Each of these features will be implemented over the course of 2016. The end-goal is to have the HTML dumps produce the same output as the wikitext dumps.
</dd>
</dl>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Larger size</b>: The HTML dumps are larger than the wikitext (approximately 30 GB vs 20 GB).
</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
<b>Plans</b>: This will be whittled down over releases, though it's unlikely that the HTML dumps will ever be smaller than 25 GB.
</dd>
</dl>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Requires separate post-processing generation step</b>: The wikitext dumps were automatically generated by downloading an XML dump. The HTML dumps requires another post-processing step that is not simple to run (See: <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Dev/Command-line/Dumps.html" id="xolnki_12" title="Dev/Command-line/Dumps" class="xowa-visited">Dev/Command-line/Dumps</a>)
</li>
</ul>
<dl>
<dd>
<b>Plans</b>: This may be simplified with a "Generate HTML dump" button in the future, but generating an HTML dump for English Wikipedia will probably be a resource-intensive task
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
Finally, a few notes on wikitext dumps versus HTML dumps.
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>More work on HTML dumps in the future</b>: Going forward, a lot of development work will go into the HTML dumps. This is necessary as the wikitext dumps are too slow for Android.
</li>
<li>
<b>HTML dumps will be uploaded to archive.org</b>: Previously, Wikitext dumps were uploaded to archive.org. Now it will be HTML dumps instead.
</li>
<li>
<b>Wikitext dump support is not going away</b>: Wikitext dumps will still be supported and used. Note that they are still a critical precursor to HTML dumps. (HTML dumps can't be produced without them).
</li>
</ul>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC_.26_Android_.26_Server.29_Search_now_reduces_importance_of_short_pages">(PC &amp; Android &amp; Server) Search now reduces importance of short pages</span>
</h3>
<p>
The new XOWA Search Engine uses PageRank to rate pages by importance. Although this works well for Wikipedia, it sometimes overrates pages which exist for encyclopedic book-keeping.
</p>
<p>
For example, a lot of Wikipedia pages will have a small box called "Authority Control" at the bottom of the page. This box will have links to other pages like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Authority_Control" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Authority_Control</a> If a million pages have this Integrated Authority Control link, then PageRank rates this page highly. ("1 million pages link to it!") However, the page itself is fairly short, and is not really one of the most important articles in Wikipedia (it would score higher than India, Insect, Italy, etc).
</p>
<p>
v3.6.3 tries to reduce the importance of these pages if these articles are "short". This heuristic was already present in the previous versions of the search engine, but has been further tweaked.
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Server.29_Fix_for_broken_Search">(Server) Fix for broken Search</span>
</h3>
<p>
This was kindly reported by thombles here: <a href="https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/59" rel="nofollow" class="external free">https://github.com/gnosygnu/xowa/issues/59</a> . The new Search Engine in 2016-03 broke the HTTP Server search. This was fixed in this release.
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28PC.29_Minor_fixes_.28Database.2C_HTML_Dump.2C_Search.2C_Special.2C_Parser.29">(PC) Minor fixes (Database, HTML Dump, Search, Special, Parser)</span>
</h3>
<p>
These can be described briefly as follows:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>Database</b>: Small wikis now generate a "core.xowa" file in addition to a "text.xowa" file. Previously, they only generated a "text.xowa" file.
</li>
<li>
<b>HTML dump</b>: Image Map and Gallery weren't working correctly. Note that these are still broken in the current 2016-06 dump, but will be fixed in the 2016-07 one.
</li>
<li>
<b>Search</b>: A few searches would be blank if the page also existed in a different namespace (for example, dokuwiki)
</li>
<li>
<b>Special</b>: Special page names can now be case-insensitive (Special:RANDOM) or use native-language terms (Spezial:Zufällige_Seite)
</li>
<li>
<b>Parser</b>: A handful of script errors around redirect links and country flags
</li>
</ul>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Android.29_Minor_changes_.28more_Special_pages:_redesigned_UI_for_special_pages.2C_HTML_Page_Title.2C_flat_icon.29">(Android) Minor changes (more Special pages: redesigned UI for special pages, HTML Page Title, flat icon)</span>
</h3>
<p>
These can also be described briefly as follows:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<b>More Special pages</b>: The following two pages have been added:
<ul>
<li>
<b>Wiki Info</b>: Shows information about the wiki, including size and location. Also allows deletion of the wiki. Available by doing: Menu -&gt; XOWA -&gt; Info icon
</li>
<li>
<b>Log</b>: Shows log information for troubleshooting. Available by doing: Menu -&gt; Settings -&gt; Logs
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<b>Redesigned UI for special pages</b>: Special pages now use a common look and feel. This involves shared CSS, more icons, and a simple "help" panel. Also, they no longer show the footer (view page in browser; last modified, CC Content)
</li>
<li>
<b>HTML Page Title</b>: The Page Title used to be an Android TextView widget. Now it's part of the HTML document. This makes resizing the page much nicer (the widget used to jump around when the page was resized)
</li>
<li>
<b>Flat icon</b>: XOWA now has a flat icon
</li>
</ul>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id=".28Wikis.29_English_Wikipedia_.282016-06.29_and_Simple_Wikipedia_.282016-06.29">(Wikis) English Wikipedia (2016-06) and Simple Wikipedia (2016-06)</span>
</h3>
<p>
These are available through <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/Special:XowaDownloadCentral.html" id="xolnki_13" title="Special:XowaDownloadCentral" class="xowa-visited">Download Central</a>.
</p>
<p>
For users who want the 2016-06 English Wikipedia image update, see <a href="http://xowa.org/home/wiki/App/Import/Download_Central.html" id="xolnki_14" title="App/Import/Download Central">App/Import/Download Central</a>
</p>
<h3>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Next_release:_v3.6.4">Next release: v3.6.4</span>
</h3>
<p>
I'm focusing on HTML dump related issues for the next few weeks, particularly table of contents and redlinks
</p>
<p>
For wikis, I'm going to update the generate the other English wikis for Download Central.
</p>
<h2>
<span class="mw-headline" id="Release:_Android_Beta_with_wiki_downloader_.282016-06-12_23:00_Sun.29">Release: Android Beta with wiki downloader (2016-06-12 23:00 Sun)</span>
</h2>