http://bugs.openzim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27
Summary: license unclear
Product: openZIM
Version: unspecified
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: P5
Component: zimlib
AssignedTo: tommi(a)tntnet.org
ReportedBy: schmir(a)gmail.com
CC: dev-l(a)openzim.org
Estimated Hours: 0.0
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Hi,
In the development workshop Strasbourg we had the following idea to accelerate
the development
of WikiOnBoard for modern touchscreen phones:
I've had planned to buy a Symbian^3 device (Nokia N8) in the medium term.
However, I'd have waited until
it is available in Austria and price falls somewhat.
To develop a touchscreen optimized version of WikiOnBoard (current version runs,
but with mediocre usability,
for example kinetic scrolling is not supported) which could also be
distributed over the Nokia Ovi Appstore it would be
good if I had access to a Symbian^3 phone in a shorter time frame.
Therefore the idea was that Manual orders the phone (N8) in the nokia germany
online store and forwards it to me (The Nokia
online shop does not send international), and that a part of the phone (the premium
for early adopters) is paid by the
openzim budget. I'd propose that 100-150€ of total ~500€ are paid by the openzim
budget.
Please let us know whether you have any general objections against this or the
amount proposed.
Unfortunately is N8 availability apparently decreasing - only two of five color
variants are available anymore
and prize has increased to 500€ - therefore we should decide on this in a
short time frame.
Therefore please give your feed back until Thursday evening, so that Manual
could order on Friday if proposal
is accepted.
Order site is
http://shop.nokia.de/nokia-de/searchresults.aspx?sku=10261059,10261058,1026…,
I'd like the orange color variant.
Best regards,
Christian
http://bugs.openzim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28
Summary: provide tarballs
Product: openZIM
Version: unspecified
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: P5
Component: zimlib
AssignedTo: tommi(a)tntnet.org
ReportedBy: schmir(a)gmail.com
CC: dev-l(a)openzim.org
Estimated Hours: 0.0
there are no downloadable releases of zimlib, zimwriter, ...
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Hi Ted,
Asaf has forwarded me your mail to internal, I will answer it here
because I think it belongs to this list.
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Ted Chien* <hsiangtai.chien(a)gmail.com
> <mailto:hsiangtai.chien@gmail.com>>
> Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 8:54 PM
> Just read through the OpenZIM wiki and wondering what I can do as an
> mobile developer....
openZIM actually provides two things:
* a file format, standard, to store compressed wikis (and other web
data) -> ZIM
* an open source implementation of ZIM, currently available in C++ from
our SVN
-> see http://openzim.org/Mission_of_openZIM
If you are a mobile developer you could be interested in developing a
ZIM reader on your favourite platform, eg. the iPhone or Android.
-> see also http://openzim.org/Google_Sommer_of_Code_2010
As far as you can use libzim which is written in C++ and gives you an
interface to retrieve contents from ZIM files easily, you just need to
create some GUI that allows a user to select (open) a ZIM file, a search
window and a HTML viewer window which actually displays the selected
content.
There is a ZIM reader on Symbian, WikiOnBoard:
-> see http://github.com/cip/WikiOnBoard
It uses our zimlib and Qt for the GUI. It works very well on my Nokia E71.
We are planning to have a Developers Meeting in Haifa next year, during
the Hacking Days prior to Wikimania. It is not decided yet as we have to
assign most of our yearly budget to it, but we will take the decision on
our next Developers in October and I am confident that the team agrees
with it.
This would be a good opportunity to bring more technical-related people
together to get actually things done.
Another open construction site are the works on the Extension:Collection
to integrate a ZIM export there. This would make the process to create
ZIM files much easier.
If you'd like to discuss ZIM related technical issues I recommend doing
this in dev-l(a)openzim.org while general offline discussions should
happen here.
Regards,
Manuel
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Manuel Schneider
Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens
Wikimedia CH - Association for the advancement of free knowledge
www.wikimedia.ch