I think this predates the PhoneGap app. This believe this guy created the first Wikipedia IOS app. I wasn't around then either, I just remember hearing about it while we were making our own apps with PhoneGap.
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 1:31 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds to me like this guy is talking about writing the old PhoneGap > app, not the mobile website. Still, some insight from someone that was > around then would be good! > > Dan > > On 10 February 2015 at 13:28, Maryana Pinchuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mobile-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >> >> > > > -- > Dan Garry > Associate Product Manager, Mobile Apps > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > > -- Rob Moen Wikimedia Foundation [email protected]
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