I think a better answer to your question is: "nothing that's been
officially resourced at this time".
We currently have a 2-device strategy, which means we redirect some devices
to a mobile site, and the rest remain at the normal "desktop" site. The
closest thing to responsive design we have in production is the way the
Vector skin adjusts it's layout – if not subtly – if the browser is above
or below a given threshold.
Responsive design is a hot topic, and there are a lot of really exiting
projects in this area right now, but there are also some overlooked issues.
Many mobile devices are amazingly powerful, but sending the same JavaScript
and CSS payloads to all devices still results in a much heavier payload on
smaller less capable devices that in some cases may even cause them to
crash. This can be fixed using a variety of techniques, but it illustrates
how responsive design – when done right – is more than a new skin that
delivers HTML and some CSS, only for all the same extensions, user scripts
and gadgets that were designed with the desktop in mind to pile on and clog
up the "tubes" while wreaking havoc on "simplified" pages presented
to
mobile users.
A good example of this problem's unclear solution is how the mobile site
does not load the same extensions, user scripts and styles and gadgets as
the desktop site; and what's more is the issue with the use of inline
styles throughout the site and how difficult it is to deal with on mobile
devices with an alternate – simplified – layout.
All this said, MediaWiki is an open source project and you shouldn't ever
feel the need to wait until something "ships". I would recommend you start
out with an existing skin, tear it down to it's simplest elements, and then
start adding CSS and modifying the HTML output until you have what you are
looking for. If you need some help, this list is a good place to be, but
also make sure and get onto
irc.freenode.net #mediawiki where you might be
able to get quick answers to simpler questions.
- Trevor
On Sat, Jul 28, 2012 at 2:11 AM, John Elliot <jj5(a)jj5.net> wrote:
I don't know who Brandon is. I'm planning on
bundling MediaWiki with a
product of mine and I'd like it to work well with smart phones and other
mobile devices. I'm not sure that I would have the time or expertise to
get the Athena theme done by myself and just wanted to know if it was on
the agenda. Look forward to seeing it when it ships.
On 2012-07-28 08:36, Terry Chay wrote:
Are you a Brandon plant trying to get us to
resource Athena again? :-)
On Jul 27, 2012, at 3:01 AM, John Elliot <jj5(a)jj5.net> wrote:
Are there any initiatives in the MediaWiki
community for a MediaWiki
theme that supports 'responsive design' [1] -- where content is properly
laid out in an accessible form on all manner of devices including
desktops and smart phones?
[1]
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/responsive-web-design/
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