>
> I've also floated the idea of cleaning up / replacing the experimental
> Firefox OS app (which is based on our old PhoneGap app code) and using a
> modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 Tablet/Mobile.
> Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might be better than trying
> to separately spin up resources for multiple minority mobile OSs.


Where is such phonegap app? I'm very interested in building a web client and
have already been doing so for the last 2 hackathons
<http://chimeces.com/webkipedia/> (T106275
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106275>) and I'm working on it thinking
mobile first.

I would be very interested in checking the feature set of the old phonegap
app and when good enough, making an effort to package something like that
web client for firefoxOS & windows phone.

Thoughts?

On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Niedzielski <
sniedziel...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

>   Hey! I believe we update the Wikipedia for Fire OS (Android) app[0]
> whenever a production version has fully rolled out on Play, although we
> don't offer the Beta[2] on Appstore. I can see they're both currently at
> the latest and greatest. I don't have Fire device presently, but if you
> highlight a term for sharing and have Wikipedia installed, you should get
> the option to search with the app. I *thought* there was also some
> additional platform level support for Wikipedia lookups built by Amazon but
> I might be mistaken.
>
>
> --stephen
>
> [0] https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=org.wikipedia
> [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
> [2] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Brion,
>>
>> Ok, thanks.
>>
>> Is the Wikipedia app promoted to Kindle Fire users very much? It would be
>> interesting if highlighting a term in a Kindle book or newspaper would take
>> the user to a Wikipedia or Wiktionary article for definitions and
>> background info.
>>
>> I wonder if Microsoft would be willing to support Wikipedia app
>> development for Windows with Microsoft financing or in-kind contribution of
>> developer time. Any thoughts?
>>
>> Pine
>> On Jul 25, 2015 6:08 PM, "Brion Vibber" <bvib...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Mobilizers,
>>>>
>>>> 1. Do you think it would make sense to develop a Wikipedia app for
>>>> Kindle, or to encourage Amazon to do so or financially sponsor its
>>>> development?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Kindle Fire devices are Android-based and can run the existing Android
>>> Wikipedia app. The bare-bones e-ink Kindle readers are another story
>>> perhaps. :)
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2. Same questions for Windows and Microsoft, especially considering the
>>>> Windows 10 launch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I did an experimental JavaScript/WinJS-based Windows tablet app back for
>>> the Windows 8 launch, which is still in the Windows Store but needs to be
>>> cleaned up for Windows 10 or perhaps killed and replaced. :)
>>>
>>> Windows 10 will also have a Mobile edition for phones 'and small
>>> tablets'; there's a unified app platform between desktop and mobile on
>>> Windows 10 so it should be possible to adapt the tablet app to run on
>>> phones (or rewrite it entirely to run on both!)
>>>
>>>
>>> There's also been some talk about using the framework Microsoft has put
>>> together for porting Android apps to Windows 10 Mobile, but I don't think
>>> anybody has a good handle on how tricky that will be to use, or the
>>> cost-benefit of working on Windows 10 Mobile in general.
>>>
>>> I've also floated the idea of cleaning up / replacing the experimental
>>> Firefox OS app (which is based on our old PhoneGap app code) and using a
>>> modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 Tablet/Mobile.
>>> Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might be better than trying
>>> to separately spin up resources for multiple minority mobile OSs.
>>>
>>> -- brion
>>>
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