Hmm. I wasn't around in 2008, but I have a really hard time believing that the mobile gateway this guy wrote has much resemblance to current MFE (which according to mw.org was created in 2011 <https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:MobileFrontend&dir=prev&action=history>). And responsive design isn't the be-all end-all of mobile development – many top 10 web properties these days have custom experiences and features for different device classes, not just a single skin that shrinks (Facebook, YouTube, Quora, Twitter, etc.). Sounds like an attempt at self-promotion that inadvertently reveals this dude's n00bness ;)
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://unmatchedstyle.com/news/how-a-chaos-monkey-created-wikipedia-mobile.php > > Podcast interview with Hampton Catlin, who in 2008 "was brought on > board to lead the development of Wikipedia’s mobile project. ... Upon > his departure, he assumed that Wikipedia would do a responsive > rewrite, but noted that the mobile site he created is still being > used, although with a few new features." [disclaimer: haven't actually > listened to the audio] > > -- > Tilman Bayer > Senior Analyst > Wikimedia Foundation > IRC (Freenode): HaeB > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > -- Maryana Pinchuk Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org
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