Hi
The whole Kiwix team is proud to announce the first release of Kiwix JS for Windows (mobile) devices. It is available in the Microsoft app store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/kiwix-js/9p8slz4j979j
Kiwix JS for Windows runs on all recent Windows OSes but is in particular thought for Windows Mobile and all Windows based mobile users for whom we had so far no solution.
The app has been developed in the last 6 months based on the Kiwix JS code base already used in Kiwix Firefox and Chrome Web extensions. It is not fully featured like Kiwix for Android or iOS and is a bit slower... but it is still really easy to use and can read all ZIM files.
We really hope it will find its public and that we will be supported with feedbacks.
Regards Emmanuel
Awesome! It works on my Windows 10 Mobile phone (Lumia 650) though the download interface is a bit clunky to use. Good first steps. :)
I noticed it's labeled as compatible with the whole range of Windows devices including Xbox, so I had to try it on my Xbox One too... It does run! However the download links don't work -- they bring up the index/list view of articles instead. Interface could be better controller-optimized too, it basically emulates a mouse cursor by default.
-- brion
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 10:39 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart kelson@kiwix.org wrote:
Hi
The whole Kiwix team is proud to announce the first release of Kiwix JS for Windows (mobile) devices. It is available in the Microsoft app store: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/p/kiwix-js/9p8slz4j979j
Kiwix JS for Windows runs on all recent Windows OSes but is in particular thought for Windows Mobile and all Windows based mobile users for whom we had so far no solution.
The app has been developed in the last 6 months based on the Kiwix JS code base already used in Kiwix Firefox and Chrome Web extensions. It is not fully featured like Kiwix for Android or iOS and is a bit slower... but it is still really easy to use and can read all ZIM files.
We really hope it will find its public and that we will be supported with feedbacks.
Regards Emmanuel
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On 30.11.2017 20:33, Brion Vibber wrote:
Awesome! It works on my Windows 10 Mobile phone (Lumia 650) though the download interface is a bit clunky to use. Good first steps. :)
I noticed it's labeled as compatible with the whole range of Windows devices including Xbox, so I had to try it on my Xbox One too... It does run! However the download links don't work -- they bring up the index/list view of articles instead. Interface could be better controller-optimized too, it basically emulates a mouse cursor by default.
Thank you Brion for this fresh testing feedback... you confirm that the inability of the app/system to download a ZIM file (one time you have clicked on a link) is a Xbox specific problem?
Emmanuel
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart kelson@kiwix.org wrote:
On 30.11.2017 20:33, Brion Vibber wrote:
Awesome! It works on my Windows 10 Mobile phone (Lumia 650) though the download interface is a bit clunky to use. Good first steps. :)
I noticed it's labeled as compatible with the whole range of Windows devices including Xbox, so I had to try it on my Xbox One too... It does run! However the download links don't work -- they bring up the index/list view of articles instead. Interface could be better controller-optimized too, it basically emulates a mouse cursor by
default.
Thank you Brion for this fresh testing feedback... you confirm that the inability of the app/system to download a ZIM file (one time you have clicked on a link) is a Xbox specific problem?
Didn't have the problem on the phone, so I assume Xbox-specific. I don't have a dev setup on my Xbox at the moment to run unsigned builds, but would be happy to test further when time permits. :) (Supposedly the dev mode switch is not too difficult to turn on/off.)
-- brion
On 30.11.2017 20:53, Brion Vibber wrote:
On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org mailto:kelson@kiwix.org> wrote:
On 30.11.2017 20:33, Brion Vibber wrote: > Awesome! It works on my Windows 10 Mobile phone (Lumia 650) though the > download interface is a bit clunky to use. Good first steps. :) > > I noticed it's labeled as compatible with the whole range of Windows > devices including Xbox, so I had to try it on my Xbox One too... It does > run! However the download links don't work -- they bring up the > index/list view of articles instead. Interface could be better > controller-optimized too, it basically emulates a mouse cursor by default. Thank you Brion for this fresh testing feedback... you confirm that the inability of the app/system to download a ZIM file (one time you have clicked on a link) is a Xbox specific problem?Didn't have the problem on the phone, so I assume Xbox-specific. I don't have a dev setup on my Xbox at the moment to run unsigned builds, but would be happy to test further when time permits. :) (Supposedly the dev mode switch is not too difficult to turn on/off.)
Good :) I have open a bug https://github.com/kiwix/kiwix-js-windows/issues/21 and the app developer made a first comment alreayd, but honestly we face here a lack of device to properly reproduce the bug.
Emmanuel