Community Wishlist Survey 2017/Mobile and apps/Mobile app for sister projects

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Mobile app for sister projects

Problem: Now exists Wikipedia mobile application (Android). But all links to sister projects like Wikiquote, Wikisource or Wiktionary must be opened using browser.

Who would benefit: All mobile users

Proposed solution: Rewrite current app or make new one which will support other Wikimedia projects too.

More comments:

Phabricator tickets:

Proposer: JAn Dudík (talk) 08:46, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Translations: none yet

Discussion

This might be more or less phab:T165495? --AKlapper (WMF) (talk) 10:06, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder whether it would be a better investment to concentrate on making MediaWiki more functional in mobile web browsers than on making apps for different platforms. Anomie (talk) 13:11, 7 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea with supporting more platforms. I feel the new Iphone for Wikimedia app that now supports Forced touch or 3D touch is an argument for native applications. I can see this Forced touch as a new possibility to navigate a link and have more targets that would open up new very interesting possibilities that current mobile web browser cant. As more and more people use smartphones and the smartphone also makes it much more important to getting relevant information based on the users current location I think native apps are prefered as long as the mobile web interface has less functionality... - Salgo60 (talk) 10:52, 17 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Great idea CreativeC (talk) 19:59, 9 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Endorse. I miss app for Wikivoyage and Wikisource for example. Doesn't matter if there will be separated or generic app. --Venca24 (talk) 08:53, 16 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This may be out of the Community team's ability to deliver, given that app development is a specialized skillset. I'd look to the Commons app on Android as a the best example of how to make this happen. That project is volunteer owned, with support from a Foundation grant, and occasional consultation with the Foundation's Android team. --JMinor (WMF) (talk) 18:57, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I verry much understand and agree to JMinors concerns. Instead the MobileFrontend for mobile view should be further developed and optimized for all projects (e. g. making Categories accessible in the sister projects, making accessible Wikitext syntax highlighting to the same time as in the desktop version, highlighting unseen changes in the watchlist, etc.). Such improvements would be accessible from all devices so anyone could benefit form them and the mobile solution of wikimedia would behave similar on diffrent devices/OS. The development of excellent and fullscale open platform solutions should be priorititzed to walled garden applications by wikimedia staff. Of course volunteer projects are always welcome. --X:: black ::X (talk) 14:13, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Voting

Support NMaia (talk) 00:02, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 13:14, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pepe piton (talk) 15:19, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sannita - not just another it.wiki sysop 19:47, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Thomas Obermair 4 (talk) 22:05, 28 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Shizhao (talk) 03:14, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Libcub (talk) 05:07, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sebastian Wallroth (talk) 07:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Donald Trung (Talk 🤳🏻) (My global lock 🔒) (My global unlock 🔓) 10:34, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ayack (talk) 13:07, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Der Fussi 17:18, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Venca24 (talk) 20:37, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Giovanni Alfredo Garciliano Diaz (talk) 21:31, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support ZellmerLP (talk) 22:30, 29 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Daylen (talk) 01:30, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Zhangj1079 ^talk 01:45, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support add Wikivoyage Walta (talk) 10:03, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Dromedar61 (talk) 21:16, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wikinews Sahaquiel9102 (talk) 21:42, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Masum-al-Hasan — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Masum-al-hasan (talk) 09:15, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Deshumanizado (talk) 13:31, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ckoerner (talk) 21:39, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Xavi Dengra (MESSAGES) 23:03, 1 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support ~Cybularny ^Speak? 12:40, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Tom Ja (talk) 14:28, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Otourly (talk) 16:50, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Talmoryair (talk) 16:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support It’s quite difficult to port the current Android app to another wiki. If WMF would invest a bit into porting it to some other projects, it would hopefully make it easier to port also for third-party developers. Tacsipacsi (talk) 19:05, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Pamputt (talk) 21:16, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support a+ Gryllida 00:58, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support KRLS (talk) 15:04, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Davidpar (talk) 15:18, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Unapersona (talk) 17:28, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fixer88 (talk) 21:21, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support as proposer JAn Dudík (talk) 21:49, 4 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Hello903hello (talk) 02:49, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Micru (talk) 20:43, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ahm masum (talk) 21:24, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Alangi Derick (talk) 15:12, 8 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Nicor (talk) 14:01, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Ruslik (talk) 18:00, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Psychoslave (talk) 08:25, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support BugWarp (talk) 13:07, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wiktionary editing app would be a great thing for users and interesting task for developers! Infovarius (talk) 13:26, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support deb (talk) 13:45, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support — NickK (talk) 17:42, 11 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Thought of something similar. Great idea! I work for Wikipedia Education Program and I personally believe that P&E dashboard should also have an application as well. Wassan.anmol (talk) 04:56, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]