(I haven't touched it and can't speak to its current state.)
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez <
jhernandez(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I've also floated the idea of cleaning up /
replacing the experimental
Firefox OS app (which is based on our old
PhoneGap app code) and using a
modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 Tablet/Mobile.
Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might be better than trying
to separately spin up resources for multiple minority mobile OSs.
Where is such phonegap app? I'm very interested in building a web client and
have already been doing so for the last 2 hackathons
<http://chimeces.com/webkipedia/> (T106275
<https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T106275>) and I'm working on it
thinking mobile first.
I would be very interested in checking the feature set of the old
phonegap app and when good enough, making an effort to package something
like that web client for firefoxOS & windows phone.
Thoughts?
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:10 AM, Stephen Niedzielski <
sniedzielski(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey! I believe we update the Wikipedia for Fire
OS (Android) app[0]
whenever a production version has fully rolled out on Play, although we
don't offer the Beta[2] on Appstore. I can see they're both currently at
the latest and greatest. I don't have Fire device presently, but if you
highlight a term for sharing and have Wikipedia installed, you should get
the option to search with the app. I *thought* there was also some
additional platform level support for Wikipedia lookups built by Amazon but
I might be mistaken.
--stephen
[0]
https://www.amazon.com/gp/mas/dl/android?p=org.wikipedia
[1]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
[2]
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta
On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 7:42 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Brion,
Ok, thanks.
Is the Wikipedia app promoted to Kindle Fire users very much? It would
be interesting if highlighting a term in a Kindle book or newspaper would
take the user to a Wikipedia or Wiktionary article for definitions and
background info.
I wonder if Microsoft would be willing to support Wikipedia app
development for Windows with Microsoft financing or in-kind contribution of
developer time. Any thoughts?
Pine
On Jul 25, 2015 6:08 PM, "Brion Vibber" <bvibber(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Mobilizers,
>>
>> 1. Do you think it would make sense to develop a Wikipedia app for
>> Kindle, or to encourage Amazon to do so or financially sponsor its
>> development?
>>
>
> Kindle Fire devices are Android-based and can run the existing Android
> Wikipedia app. The bare-bones e-ink Kindle readers are another story
> perhaps. :)
>
>
>> 2. Same questions for Windows and Microsoft, especially considering
>> the Windows 10 launch.
>>
>
> I did an experimental JavaScript/WinJS-based Windows tablet app back
> for the Windows 8 launch, which is still in the Windows Store but needs to
> be cleaned up for Windows 10 or perhaps killed and replaced. :)
>
> Windows 10 will also have a Mobile edition for phones 'and small
> tablets'; there's a unified app platform between desktop and mobile on
> Windows 10 so it should be possible to adapt the tablet app to run on
> phones (or rewrite it entirely to run on both!)
>
>
> There's also been some talk about using the framework Microsoft has
> put together for porting Android apps to Windows 10 Mobile, but I don't
> think anybody has a good handle on how tricky that will be to use, or the
> cost-benefit of working on Windows 10 Mobile in general.
>
> I've also floated the idea of cleaning up / replacing the experimental
> Firefox OS app (which is based on our old PhoneGap app code) and using a
> modernized HTML5+JS app for both Firefox OS and Windows 10 Tablet/Mobile.
> Nobody's bitten on the idea yet, but I think it might be better than trying
> to separately spin up resources for multiple minority mobile OSs.
>
> -- brion
>
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