oh ... i think i forgot one very practical use case for uploads: sound files, and (maybe?) movies.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 22:09, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: > hi elya, > > if the mobile app helps: > * to locate the monument > * to show what fotos already exist > * to enter the contest > * to add metadata > it would be nice. > > but i cannot imagine a workflow which helps uploading high quality > images. i like the mobile strategy a lot - but developping an upload > app is maybe too tempting nowadays as instagram got bought by > facebook. > > rupert > > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 21:27, elya <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to share some discussion points we had recently with the >> foundation's mobile app development. I would highly appreciate your >> opinions, ideas and thoughts. Unfortunately, my next call with WMF is >> already tomorrow evening (sorry for that). >> >> The WMF will most probably develop an upload app for smartphones. We are >> invited to provide ideas and requests for our - WLM - needs. >> >> The basic, most simplified upload workflow would be borrowed from the >> upload wizard and adapted to smartphones for the mobile Wikipedia >> browser app. >> >> Another idea is an advanced workflow that would be provided already as >> an Android or iPhone app (based on the PhoneGap framework), with >> extended options for geolocation, additional campaigns like WLM or >> uploading an image straight from the article (monuments list...) >> >> From my point of view, the most realistic approach (given WMF's >> depolyment cycles and the timeline) is the basic mobile browser app - >> that does not help us very much for WLM in its basic design, and due to >> iOS restrictions it most probably would not work for iPhones. However, >> maybe it could be slightly extended for our needs. >> >> From your point of view: >> >> 0) How do you generally feel about the mobile upload app for WLM - from >> an international perspective? >> 1) What do you generally think would be a minimal requirement to make a >> mobile app usable/helpful for WLM? >> 2) What would be next on your wishlist to make it real fun? >> 3) Any ideas how a team of volunteer developers could support staff >> developers effectively with the mobile app? (I'll have to discuss that) >> 4) anything I did not consider here? >> >> Some details about the plans can be found here: >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MobileFrontend/Photo_upload#Wiki_Loves_Monuments >> >> >> Thanks for your feedback! >> >> Regards, >> Elke >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu _______________________________________________ Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments http://www.wikilovesmonuments.eu
