Thanks for the link Adam, there's interesting context there. On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 5:32 PM, Adam Baso <ab...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> My understanding is: in part, although people who were on the mobile team > during the most active part of these projects are probably best situated to > speak to it. There's also this page that has some historical information: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Wikipedia/Hybrid_notes > > -Adam > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Stephane Bisson <sbis...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Is the firefox os wikipedia app that's currently out there based on the >> old phonegap app? >> >> https://marketplace.firefox.com/app/wikipedia/ >> >> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/admin/projects/apps/firefox/wikipedia >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 10:06 AM, Michael Holloway < >> mhollo...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> The old PhoneGap app repo lives here on GitHub: >>> https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile >>> >>> (I haven't touched it and can't speak to its current state.) >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < >>> jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Stephane Bisson >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 1 416 270 3830 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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