(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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