Thread:User talk:Qgil/Tech News: 2014-15

 Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.  Recent software changes
 * The latest version of MediaWiki (1.23wmf21) was scheduled to be deployed to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on April 3, however it was temporarily put on hold due to localization issues. (calendar).
 * Typography Refresh was enabled on non-Wikipedia wikis on April 1, and on all Wikipedias on April 3. You'll only see it if you use the Vector skin.
 * CirrusSearch was enabled as the primary search method on over 400 non-Wikipedia wikis on April 2. [//https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/123246/]

Future software changes  Tech news prepared by tech ambassadors and posted by MediaWiki message delivery • Contribute • Translate • Get help • Give feedback • Subscribe or unsubscribe.  08:00, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
 * A new special page (Special:TrackingCategories) will soon list all the tracking categories on a wiki. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60333] [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/112323/]
 * All Wikiquote projects will start using language links from Wikidata on April 8.
 * The Hovercards feature will soon work with right-to-left languages. [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970] [//bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62970]
 * You will soon be able to download files directly from MediaViewer, the new multimedia tool. [//gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120738/]
 * MediaViewer will be enabled for all users on MediaWiki.org on April 10. Comments are welcome.
 * You can help check that users can read CAPTCHAs in your language.