Wikimedia Engineering/WMF Tech Days 2012/TechDays-Mobile


 * mobile first: design as if mobile is the only thing your website will ever run on
 * use technique called responsive design
 * progressively enhance the bigger the screen/capability of your device
 * using css grids for layout
 * device detection
 * what does mobile first mean for the apps that we build within WMF
 * is the current E3 work mobile ready? no.
 * mobile devices can't have feature parity. be user centric instead. what do we absolutely have to do? and what are they horrible at and shouldn't do
 * mobile enforces constraints
 * watchlists
 * name of article
 * date of change
 * summary
 * the wlm android app chose to show only one license option instead of the multiple on the desktop. this was a delibrate decison as mosts photos would be done by the user and it simplified the workflow
 * WLM participants have not asked for any new license options
 * Would article feedback work from mobile?
 * input would likely work
 * you would have to get rid of any hover effects
 * Biggest failing of the desktop is that it crams everything in
 * Instead were thinking about what each device is best for
 * Phone
 * Upload an image
 * Tablet
 * Curate that image
 * Desktop
 * Add that image to an article
 * Near by view could be used for a contribution workflow
 * User sees a map that shows them monuments near them that have no images
 * User is prompted to upload an image as they are right next to it
 * Could the tea house be a mobile product?
 * it seems similar to a Q/A site but you typically need a much longer time then what mobile offers
 * Quora has a lot of users who edit on mobile
 * Wikipedia has no interest graph
 * Visual editor should adapt to mobile easily
 * Corners on mobile devices are the easiest to touch (really good idea)
 * Will mobile focus more on readers?
 * tiny at best. we did that last year. we are now focusing on contributors