> > 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 >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
_______________________________________________ Mobile-l mailing list Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l
