I've been doing some work on refactoring the mobile skin.
In theory when I'm done doing this (I need some help code reviewing) you
would be able to write your own mobile skin with its own modules and own
scripts.... simply by extending some classes in MobileFrontend extension.
Does this sound appealing at all?
On 17 Apr 2013 08:02, "Brion Vibber" <brion(a)pobox.com> wrote:
What you probably want to do is *integrate with*
MobileFrontend, but keep
your code within WikiBase extension and friends.
There's provisions now for specifying desktop or mobile targets separately
in ResourceLoader, which will let you load either the same or different CSS
and JS for mobile views. You could also format your special pages
differently, but I recommend doing the differences in CSS and JS if you
can, to keep things clean.
But you could also detect that mobile view is in use and change the
formatting of a Special: page directly, for instance.
From what I remember, the base HTML of the data editing forms is relatively
straightforward, but might not fit well on small screens, so definitely
consider the user-interface needs of a ~320x480px screen when planning what
to do. :)
-- brion
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 1:47 AM, Denny Vrandečić <
denny.vrandecic(a)wikimedia.de> wrote:
2013/4/10 Pragun Bhutani
<pragun06(a)gmail.com>
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.
I think that sounds like a good plan.
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.
I am glad to hear that. But I think it would be important to scope the
project so that it can be finished in GSoC time - but obviously, further
work on it afterwards will be gladly appreciated.
So, let's consider what should be working:
* create a mobile site for Wikidata
* displays the content in a layout that is more adequate for mobile
devices
* retains different language versions
* Bonus: easy to edit
First step would be to figure out the exact technology to use, i.e.
whether
it would use the MobileFrontend or not, etc. We
would help with setting
it
up on labs.
Cheers,
Denny
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Quim Gil
<qgil(a)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?
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Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
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