Gerard Meijssen wrote: -- <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en> I just saw a 'screenshot of mobile Malayalam Wikipedia article' sent by Jyothis (from his iphone (?)). Malayalam font rendering support need complete reconstruction. All indic scripts are very similar, so same will be the case in other languages (may be, If they were not fixed yet). Few years before all 'computer operating systems' suffered the same problems ;-)[1 <http://rahulpmb.blogspot.com/2008/06/kaarkkodakan-fix-for-pango.html>][2], so lets hope that will get fixed soon.

It is from my iphone and the problems with rendering needs to be fixed by Apple. Gerard, I will send it to you on a seperate email. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt;wrote;wrote:

Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: I didnt get that One Android screenshot available here. <http://www.j4v4m4n.in/2009/08/15/malayalam-support-on-android-one-step-at-a-time/> That also shows same problems in i-phone. <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Support_Wikipedia/en>

Srikanth, Unicode is a standard. Rendering is the responsibility of the software. If the software follows the standard and renders it correctly, things will look right. Otherwise, otherwise. Usually, large font makers and corporates like microsoft and apple are not exactly up to date in standards. Hence, we end up with rendering issues. Regards, Jyothis. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan &lt;rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com > Won't using a Unicode font fix rendering issues? > > On 23 February 2010 21:26, Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: >> >> .... But won't using Unicode fix it?? >> > I didnt get that > > >> >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com >>>> Hoi, >> Can I have this screen shot and, can I have confirmation that it is >> from an i-phone ? I would also love to see this from an android. > One Android screenshot available here. That also shows same problems > in i-phone. > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Your friend in time, > > Cherian/Srikanth/R/ > > Wikipedia on YOUR MIND? Join us on Twitter.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

:) in a sense, yes. But as you know, It is not always feasible with large corporates and projects. This is not reaaly to put them at fault, but They have long term plans for each of their releases, which prevents them from running up to the speed of Unicode standards and renderings Regards, Jyothis. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan &lt;rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com > So we need to catch the guys developin the software and bug them for > this? > > On 24 February 2010 01:39, Jyothis Edathoot &lt;jyothis.e(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > Srikanth, > > Unicode is a standard. Rendering is the responsibility of the > software. If the software follows the standard and renders it > correctly, things will look right. Otherwise, otherwise. > > Usually, large font makers and corporates like microsoft and apple > are not exactly up to date in standards. Hence, we end up with > rendering issues. > > Regards, > Jyothis. > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:00 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan &lt;rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com >> >> Won't using a Unicode font fix rendering issues? >> >> On 23 February 2010 21:26, Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; >> wrote: >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: >>> >>> .... But won't using Unicode fix it?? >>> >> I didnt get that >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com >>>>>> Hoi, >>> Can I have this screen shot and, can I have confirmation that it >>> is from an i-phone ? I would also love to see this from an android. >> One Android screenshot available here. That also shows same >> problems in i-phone. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Your friend in time, >> >> Cherian/Srikanth/R/ >> >> Wikipedia on YOUR MIND? Join us on Twitter.... >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Your friend in time, > > Cherian/Srikanth/R/ > > Wikipedia on YOUR MIND? Join us on Twitter.... > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

Dang.. So, we have to run behind each guy out there. Isn't it possible to like create a library of codes, to display and relese it under the GNU-GPL or something ? Then maybe open source guys may take it in, and corporates may 'derive' thier works frm us? On 24 February 2010 08:05, Praveen Prakash &lt;me.praveen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Regards, Your friend in time, Cherian/Srikanth/R/ Wikipedia on YOUR MIND? Join us on Twitter....

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 8:23 PM, arjuna rao chavala < arjunaraoc(a)googlemail.com&gt; wrote: Android does not support Indic fully yet. Locales are missing. No fonts, input either. The text shows up as boxes. A custom ROM is a big problem for normal user. -- Hari Prasad Nadig http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig http://flickr.com/hpnadig

Couple of points I read somewhere on the net are Blackberry 9000 series is unicode compatible. Android was tweaked to display Thai. Nokia's s60 platform/ sdk is supporting indic languages.. Regards Arjun On 2/24/10, Srikanth Ramakrishnan &lt;rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: -- Sent from my mobile device

Srikanth, It may not be blindness, but the cost in migrating to fully support unicode. Regards, Jyothis. http://www.Jyothis.net http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jyothis woods are lovely dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and lines to go before I press sleep completion date = (start date + ((estimated effort x 3.1415926) / resources) + ((total coffee breaks x 0.25) / 24)) + Effort in meetings On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:48 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < rsrikanth05(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: