[Foundation-l] iPhone App

[Martin Pascal]

We make an mobile access :

http://wikiwix.mobi

Cordialement
Martin Pascal
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brion Vibber" <brion at wikimedia.org>
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] iPhone App


> Judson Dunn wrote:
>> Even a nicer interface for the articles using the API rather than
>> safari would probably be useful to people. Loading times would
>> probably be faster etc. It wouldn't have to do much to be useful imo.
>
> The problem isn't Safari; it's page size! :)
>
> Many Wikipedia articles have gotten *very big* over the years,
> especially since we got less and less picky about enforcing the 32kb
> page source size warning (originally instituted because many web
> browsers in 2001 would eat your page at that point when you tried to 
> edit).
>
> Playing with my iPhone, I've been sometimes using the experimental WAP
> gateway (based on Hawpedia, using the HawHaw library). This breaks the
> pages down into much smaller pieces which load a *lot* faster on a slow
> mobile network.
>
> However, it's a bit limited and sometimes breaks on large or complex
> pages. A "next-generation" mobile interface which is friendlier to page
> size, but supports full wiki and web capabilities (tables, styles, etc)
> where appropriate would be a great project... maybe a Summer of Code
> projects for some enterprising lad or lass?
>
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2008 <- start making some
> project ideas :D
>
> -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
>
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