I’m sorry about the long delay for the new version. iOS 8 has been out for a while, and I have a total re-write of the app running on it with most features working. The UI may change a bit based on feedback from testers, but in the upcoming version 2.0, you can “star” a page you’re editing. Any pages that you “star” are available to edit on-line or off. When you get back on line, it will save the pages you had edited. If any of them were changed while you were offline, you are shown the “collision resolution page” and given a chance to manually merge in your changes, discard your changes, or replace the page with your version.

A list of all “stared” pages appears under the bookmarks menu right now, but I may make it a separate list as some people found that confusing.

That sounds pretty close to the dump/edit/sync approach you described. I hope my description makes sense.

I’m still working out some bugs with older versions of MediaWiki, and with Wikia.com sites.

I ended up not getting an iPhone 6 Plus so I haven’t done much on the iPhone “Universal” App UI. It’s iPad only right now and will probably stay that way for this next update.

Thanks for your interest in the App. It helps encourage me to get this update out.

All the best,

- Don

PS @admin: sorry for double post, but I wrongly pushed the “Submit” button before ending editing…

There are a bunch of new features in development for iOS 8 including better integration with other apps. I’m still working out the best way to do editing from a tiny phone screen — so a “universal” iPhone / iPad update won’t happen until at least after iOS 8 comes out. There is a lot of talk about larger iPhones, so perhaps it will make sense soon to support editing from the phone.

All the best,

- Don

I have a first generation iPad on my desk right now that I use mostly for note taking and testing. It’s running iOS 5.1.1, the last iOS Apple made for that model of iPad. The latest Wiki Edit 1.9x works fine on the original iPad. All of the features are supported including things like spell-check and uploads.

It’s possible that some future iOS update will make it hard to maintain backwards compatibility with the original iPad — you shouldn’t have to worry though. Apple now lets you download the latest version of an App that supports your device. So at minimum you’ll always have access to the 1.9x version line.

All the best,
- Don

Thanks for letting me know about this.

I’ve checked it out on a few different iPads – an iPad “1″ running iOS 5, and iPad 2 running iOS 6 and on an iPad Air with 7.1. The symbols on the accessory keyboard bar (above the regular keyboard) seem to take the same amount of time as a regular keystroke.

Are you using a current version of Wiki Edit? Is it only slow on really large pages? Or slow everywhere? I’ll keep poking around to see if I can recreate the issue. If you have any other information or ideas let me know.

Thanks,
- Don

i’m planing on getting a used ipad first generation, will the app run on the iOS used on the first generation and will it stay or are you planning to drop support for it? I’m going to get the pad only for editing my wiki from the pad, so it would be good if it will work. Thanks

-Max

Is it my iPad, or have the punctuation symbols on the upper bar above the Wiki Edit keyboard suddenly become very slow to their being depressed — e.g. The * symbol.

Thanks

Gavin

Thanks for reporting the issue and for detailing the steps you took to make it happen. I have an iPad (1st gen) with iOS 5.1.1 that I use for testing. I tried editing a page in Wikipedia then tapping the “Cancel” and “Discard” buttons. I didn’t get the second alert you described, the editor just slides down revealing the original page. I also tried tried the same steps with a generic MediaWiki (version 1.17) and didn’t see the double discard alert there either. I wonder if it’s specific to a particular wiki? Does Wiki Edit prompt you twice when canceling an edit on Wikipedia? If it does, are you using the latest version of Wiki Edit? It’s a bit of a puzzle.

In any event, I’ll do a line-by-line review of the code for that alert box for the next update. Perhaps I’ll find the cause there.

If you have any other issues or suggestions, please let me know. And thanks again for taking the time to report this.

- Don

Thanks so much for your super app!