On 4/16/12 1:34 PM, Theo10011 wrote: 1. Why small languages? - Small language versions of Wikipedia, and
sister projects usually don't get the focus in new development. There is also the point, that several small language versions, are in fact, too small to be helpful. The difference between the English and the second closest version is rather prominent, the really small versions might too small and incomplete, to be a valuable resource.
Not everyone speaks English.
I am working on a specific request for a specific project in a "difficult" (heavy censorship) country.
- There is the rather large issue of supporting non-Latin scripts for
mobile, that would make offline version usable and accessible.
Indeed.
- Market trends- Majority of the developing world isn't on Android and
unlikely to be in the next couple of years. Symbian is the dominant player; albeit an abandoned OS, it is only the transitory one till Nokia shifts operations completely. With its limited memory, lack of expansion and a very basic OS, offline apps are a problem to get and support on it.
I agree with all this, although it isn't especially relevant to this particular project.
- Smart phones- It is generally not ideal to develop offline readers
for android phone. Smart phone by definition have internet access; if someone can download a copy on their computer, they should be able to access the online version on their phone using the same internet access.
Not in places where censorship is a major problem, and not if bandwidth costs are too high.
To re-iterate, I'm working on a specific project that would potentially meet a particular need. I don't recommend a major investment of resources, but if there's an easy way to do this, it'd be great.
--Jimbo