Hey Jerome, Thanx for the quick response. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Jerome Velociter <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Supreet,
Great to see your interest in this project.
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Supreet Pal Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
Hey Caty, Thanx :) Also,I went through those links and the sketches heres what I think:
1. Jerome's version does look better and simple but I feel it would lack the ease of use as most of the functions would be present in a separate menu which could be reached through the '+' . More clicks leads to a less intuitive UI and downgrades user experience. On the other hand, Jerome's version gives a lighter and better look with only the main functions on the homescreen. What needs to be looked into is whether the main options are sufficient to cater an average user such that we can ignore the 'more clicks' aspect. What I have also noticed is that Jerome's version does include all the functions present on yours yet has an option '+' and even your version has an empty function box so I am guessing there are/would be more functions that need to be present or added. Personally, I am in favor of your version of the skin because its functions serve as tabs for dynamic lower portion of the screen, the static layer of links to the various functions/screens makes it easy to navigate for the user.
Couple of remarks :
* It's maybe not obvious, but in my sketch the lower bar is static, so you don't have to scroll for it, it always remains at the bottom of the user screen
I did assume the lower bar to be static but I am not so clear about the search bar is it static too or does it scroll with main content of the page? And I agree that giving searching a high priority is a reasonable approach for making the skin more user friendly.
* As I tried to explain in my comment, I tend to think base use case of a mobile version is about searching + reading content and comment + annotations. I think edit is a marginal use case. Does not mean it should not be doable, but IMHO it should not be considered a primary action. OTOH a good and accessible search is a must have. That's why in my version the search bar is first class citizen, at the top of the page. * The search would be a dynamic one, a bit in the spirit of the search suggest available since XE 3.0 (best is to check the feature in the version in 3.0 RC1, due today)
2. Even I feel that the two scrolls on the comments page should be done
away
with instead it should take the whole page.
And I am new to XWiki and its development tools so I would be needing your help to get on track so please bare with my newbie questions. 1. I have downloaded 'xwiki-enterprise-installer-generic-3.0' and would be following the instructions as given on http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins , is this the correct approach?
Yes it's an approach that would work. Also I think the mobile skin is about dropping tons of stuff, so another approach would be to create a new skin from scratch and build it keeping only on what is essential (to have good performances).
I am in favor of the building from scratch because for a mobile skin to actually be worthwhile performance needs to be optimum but i would need guidance on how to go about start writing the code.
2. What else can I do to get a better know how and integrate myself more in the project?
An idea could be you spend some time investigating how other wikis have designed there mobile version (wikimedia one is interesting, but I'm sure there are others) and refine on the design proposals Caty and I made with your own ones, what do you think ?
That sounds like a good idea , i will get on to looking up other wikis. Also , I am planning to design a proposal for the skin after I have a look at the other wikis.
Jerome
Thanx
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 20:19, Supreet Pal Singh <[email protected]
wrote:
Hey Caty,
Thanx for getting back to me on that , I am currently going through the links but due to my University examination which are going to be held
over
the next 3 days I would be a little slow. Also would you mind sharing with me you IRC nick?
The nick is evalica. Good luck with your exams.
Thanks, Caty
Thanx, Supreet
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
Also check out: http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Features/Skins http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Skins http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/DevGuide/Skins
Thanks, Caty
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 22:09, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote:
Hi Supreet,
This project is really nice and can be approached from a variety of angles (we can have same functionality, but a different suitable for
mobiles
skin; or we can think of a set o limited functions to provide for the mobile versions, etc).
I've done some sketches with a vision of a limited-mobile version of XWiki: http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/MobileSkin maybe this will give you some ideas.
Thanks, Caty
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 18:36, Supreet Pal Singh < [email protected]>wrote:
> Hi > I am Supreet and I would like to participate in GSoC-2011. I am mainly > interested in contributing to the project idea "Mobile Skin for XWiki > Enterprise". I have been working on web development for the past two > years > and developed a couple of websites. I have a good knowledge of > HTML,XHTML > and CSS , I also know PHP and am learning Javascript. If someone could > help > me regarding this , I would be really thankful. > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >
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