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.
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.--stephenOn Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@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" <bvibber@wikimedia.org> wrote:On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@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
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