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 qgil@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=43065https://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:Qgilhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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