Hi Luis, I've had good luck with jQuery UI as a framework for putting together a web-based UI that works very well with modern browsers, mobile and desktop alike. This is what I ended up using for CloudSync[1], which I've tested successfully on iPhone and Android devices.
With CloudSync, I also took an approach where the initial focus was on having a good json-over-HTTP interface, then worked on the UI as a pure client-side Javascript + css + html solution, and I think it worked out very well. It was also helpful in CloudSync to define a Javascript client library[2] that exercised the HTTP interface as a separate activity from actually presenting the UI. - Chris [1] https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/CLOUDSYNC [2] https://github.com/cwilper/fcrepo-cloudsync/blob/master/fcrepo-cloudsync-service/src/main/webapp/js/cloudsync-client.js On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Luis Zorita <lzor...@pas.uned.es> wrote: > Hi Bess: > Sorry for the delay, but I had some heath problems. > Concerning your nice questions: > -I agree with you, developping a iOS or Android app in front of fedora would > be a very hard effort and very expensive to maintain as they evolve. > - In the near future we will need a website and a mobile application > -But I´m looking for a technology that work equally well in all mobile on > all mobile platforms. > -And I think, HTML5,css and javascript is the only acceptable proposal. > As my knowledge of Drupal themes is very short, I can´t evaluate, now, the > effort to implement a Islandora mobile app. But it seems a nice way to start > the work. > > Best regards and thanks for your comments. > Luis > > El 14/02/2012 20:14, Bess Sadler escribió: > >> Hi, Luis. >> >> I think that by now lots of people are exposing their fedora collections >> through various mobile technologies. Are you asking about developing a >> purpose-built iOS or Andriod app for interfacing with fedora? Or just >> whether there is any way to expose fedora collections via mobile devices? >> >> I've heard the idea of an iOS fedora app discussed during downtime at >> conferences. I even took a swing at it as a demo project for an iOS course I >> took, but since it was only a two day course I didn't get very far. >> >> In the past when I've discussed the idea with colleagues, I've been unable >> to justify to myself the amount of effort that would be involved in >> developing and bringing to market an iOS or Android app versus the idea of, >> say, developing a proper theming system for Blacklight/Hydra and then >> developing a mobile theme. That would solve more use cases, serve a larger >> portion of our users, and would be more adaptable over time as standards and >> browser technology evolve. Plus we wouldn't have a separate software stack >> to keep integrated, a concern when we start needing compiled applications >> for various mobile platforms. I know that people have experimented with both >> Blacklight and Hydra as mobile front ends for fedora, but to the best of my >> knowledge all of these are locally-built solutions, not something that would >> be easily re-distributable. >> >> Come to think of it, given Drupal's robust mobile theming system, I bet >> you could put a fedora-backed mobile app together with Islandora pretty >> quickly too. >> >> Can you tell us more about what you're thinking about, Luis? What's the >> project you had in mind? >> >> Cheers, >> Bess >> >> >> On Feb 14, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Luis Zorita wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> I wonder if there are any plans to create front-end mobile app on top of >>> Fedora? >>> Best >>> Luis Zorita >>> UNED >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <lzorita.vcf>------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >>> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >>> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >>> Metro Style Apps, more. 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