Hey Jerome, Thanx for the quick response. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Jerome Velociter <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Supreet, > > Great to see your interest in this project. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Supreet Pal Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hey Caty, > > Thanx :) > > Also,I went through those links and the sketches heres what I think: > > > > 1. Jerome's version does look better and simple but I feel it would lack > the > > ease of use as most of the functions would be present in a separate menu > > which could be reached through the '+' . More clicks leads to a less > > intuitive UI and downgrades user experience. On the other hand, Jerome's > > version gives a lighter and better look with only the main functions on > the > > homescreen. What needs to be looked into is whether the main options are > > sufficient to cater an average user such that we can ignore the 'more > > clicks' aspect. > > What I have also noticed is that Jerome's version does include all the > > functions present on yours yet has an option '+' and even your version > has > > an empty function box so I am guessing there are/would be more functions > > that need to be present or added. > > Personally, I am in favor of your version of the skin because its > functions > > serve as tabs for dynamic lower portion of the screen, the static layer > of > > links to the various functions/screens makes it easy to navigate for the > > user. > > Couple of remarks : > > * It's maybe not obvious, but in my sketch the lower bar is static, so > you don't have to scroll for it, it always remains at the bottom of > the user screen > I did assume the lower bar to be static but I am not so clear about the search bar is it static too or does it scroll with main content of the page? And I agree that giving searching a high priority is a reasonable approach for making the skin more user friendly. > * As I tried to explain in my comment, I tend to think base use case > of a mobile version is about searching + reading content and comment + > annotations. I think edit is a marginal use case. Does not mean it > should not be doable, but IMHO it should not be considered a primary > action. OTOH a good and accessible search is a must have. That's why > in my version the search bar is first class citizen, at the top of the > page. > * The search would be a dynamic one, a bit in the spirit of the search > suggest available since XE 3.0 (best is to check the feature in the > version in 3.0 RC1, due today) > > > > > 2. Even I feel that the two scrolls on the comments page should be done > away > > with instead it should take the whole page. > > > > > > And I am new to XWiki and its development tools so I would be needing > your > > help to get on track so please bare with my newbie questions. > > 1. I have downloaded 'xwiki-enterprise-installer-generic-3.0' and would > be > > following the instructions as given on > > http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins , is this the > > correct approach? > > Yes it's an approach that would work. > Also I think the mobile skin is about dropping tons of stuff, so > another approach would be to create a new skin from scratch and build > it keeping only on what is essential (to have good performances). > I am in favor of the building from scratch because for a mobile skin to actually be worthwhile performance needs to be optimum but i would need guidance on how to go about start writing the code. > > > 2. What else can I do to get a better know how and integrate myself more > in > > the project? > > An idea could be you spend some time investigating how other wikis > have designed there mobile version (wikimedia one is interesting, but > I'm sure there are others) and refine on the design proposals Caty and > I made with your own ones, what do you think ? > That sounds like a good idea , i will get on to looking up other wikis. Also , I am planning to design a proposal for the skin after I have a look at the other wikis. > Jerome > > > Thanx > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 20:19, Supreet Pal Singh <[email protected] > >wrote: > >> > >>> Hey Caty, > >>> > >>> Thanx for getting back to me on that , I am currently going through the > >>> links but due to my University examination which are going to be held > over > >>> the next 3 days I would be a little slow. Also would you mind sharing > with > >>> me you IRC nick? > >>> > >> > >> The nick is evalica. Good luck with your exams. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Caty > >> > >> > >>> > >>> Thanx, > >>> Supreet > >>> > >>> > >>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > >>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Also check out: > >>>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Skins > >>>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins > >>>> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Caty > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 22:09, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Supreet, > >>>>> > >>>>> This project is really nice and can be approached from a variety of > >>>>> angles (we can have same functionality, but a different suitable for > mobiles > >>>>> skin; or we can think of a set o limited functions to provide for > the > >>>>> mobile versions, etc). > >>>>> > >>>>> I've done some sketches with a vision of a limited-mobile version of > >>>>> XWiki: > >>>>> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MobileSkin > >>>>> maybe this will give you some ideas. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Caty > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:36, Supreet Pal Singh < > [email protected]>wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi > >>>>>> I am Supreet and I would like to participate in GSoC-2011. I am > mainly > >>>>>> interested in contributing to the project idea "Mobile Skin for > XWiki > >>>>>> Enterprise". I have been working on web development for the past two > >>>>>> years > >>>>>> and developed a couple of websites. I have a good knowledge of > >>>>>> HTML,XHTML > >>>>>> and CSS , I also know PHP and am learning Javascript. If someone > could > >>>>>> help > >>>>>> me regarding this , I would be really thankful. > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> devs mailing list > >>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Thanx, > > Supreet > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Thanx, Supreet _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
