Based on a discussion I had with YuviPanda and MaxSem on #wikimedia-mobile, I've got a few things to add:
- It might be a good idea to let Wikidata detect when it's being accessed through a mobile device and then have it adjust the widths and such of the box-structures accordingly and then pass them to MobileFrontend. Maybe we can set up a Wikilabs instance with MobileFrontend like Quim Gil suggested and then we can see how much work there is involved with trying to make WIkidata mobile-friendly. If we can get it to work with MobileFrontend, that'll be excellent but if it turns out to be too complex or too dirty a solution, it would make more sense to make a completely new extension for it. Although the scope of the project is not very clear at the moment, I think that a feasible implementation plan could be worked out with respect to the GSoC timeline and if it's required, I can continue to work on the project after GSoC ends. On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 04/09/2013 02:39 AM, Denny Vrandečić wrote: > >> I would hope >> > > It would also be extremely good to look >> > > > I would assume > > I don't think >> > > Can the Wikidata and Mobile teams please answer with the best of your > knowledge to the questions at > > Bug 43065 - WikibaseRepo to be mobile friendly (tracking) > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.**org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43065> > > Beyond hope and believe, the fact is that I couldn't get any answer more > precise than "Interesting" when asking about this project to people in > those teams. And as for today I'm not confident to tell to a candidate like > Pragun whether this project is too complex or too simple, and where the > complexity/simplicity relies. > > In case of doubt I'd prefer to play safe and actually not encourage GSOC / > OPW to apply for a project like this, before we regret around August. > > Is it possible to have a Wikidata / WikidataRepo test instance somewhere > with MobileFrontend enabled, so we can all have a look and know more about > the gap this project should fill? > > -- > Quim Gil > Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/**User:Qgil<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil> > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > -- Pragun Bhutani http://pragunbhutani.in Skype : pragun.bhutani _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
