Could you try http://ml.m.wikipedia.org/ from your phone?
I have tried this also. It has the similar issue of the fonts. The chillus of malayalam is another issue while displaying. I could read it, but as far as the usability, it is of no use. regards On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:49 PM, BalaSundaraRaman <sundarbe...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Ramesh, > > Could you try http://ml.m.wikipedia.org/ from your phone? (Of course, > it'll still need the fonts.) > To my knowledge, Malayalam Wikipedia is the only Indian Wikipedia to have a > mobile interface (I could be wrong). > For Tamil Wikipedia, only the final steps are pending. > > - Sundar > > "That language is an instrument of human reason, and not merely a medium > for the expression of thought, is a truth generally admitted." > - George Boole, quoted in Iverson's Turing Award Lecture > > > *From:* Ramesh N G <rames...@gmail.com> > *To:* wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > *Sent:* Tue, October 26, 2010 6:30:59 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] mobile editing & reading of Wikipedia > > Data charges definitely is coming down and will be coming down more with > the 3G war in India. > > The support for other languages and unicode should be improved in the > mobiles. > > I have tried ml wikipedia in the Nokia E series with MiniOpera browser. It > was really a bad experience for me. The fonts are not properly displaying. > Hope to see more improvements especially on the unicode support and fonts in > the mobile browsers. > > regards > Ramesh ng > > > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > rsrikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I agree with Srikanth on this issue. >> I have been using Wikipedia on my phone for over a year and a half, and >> have even edited several articles from my phone. >> >> On 26 October 2010 11:30, Srikanth Lakshmanan <srik....@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 10:34, Gautam John <gau...@prathambooks.org>wrote: >>> >>>> Arjuna makes a good point on language support. As for the data costs, >>>> don't some providers (I know MTS does) provide access to Wikipedia for >>>> free? >>>> >>> >>> Have you used MTS free Wikipedia? I overheard they are falsely >>> advertising but actually it costs something. (like only en.wiki is free and >>> data charges apply for images on the article from commons). I am not very >>> sure on this, anyone who uses MTS can confirm. But i have to disagree with >>> Arjuna and feel data charges have come down significantly over a period of >>> time now though may still not be affordable to a common man on the street >>> when compared to the dead low voice tariff. More and more alternate ways of >>> consuming Wikipedia on mobile needs to be developed. I particularly find >>> the Wikipedia layer on Google maps for mobile useful while exploring unknown >>> territories. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> ME. >> Wear a Lungi, Support the Movement >> My infrastructure invasion... plus other images >> too.. on Wikimedia Commons. http://bit.ly/d50SIq >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
_______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l