From: David Masterson <dsmasterson@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Some thoughts on MobileOrg and its development ....
Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 21:22:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8638d6wav8.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87a97e1mp3.fsf@gmail.com
Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi all,
>
> In light of recent discussions about 'MobileOrg' - which seemingly
> actually constitutes two distinct projects for two different platforms -
> together with the apparent relative lack of activity of both projects,
> despite demand for them, i can't help but wonder if the 'MobileOrg'
> endeavour needs a reboot.
>
> More specifically, it seems to me that rebuilding MobileOrg as a single
> project on top of Apache Cordova:
>
> https://cordova.apache.org/
>
> might be a way forward, for several reasons:
>
> * It would help ensure that basically the same set of functionality is
> available across platforms, modulo specific limitations/issues with
> specific platforms. And when people add or modify core functionality,
> that functionality would more easily become available to people across
> platforms, rather than the functionality being initially implemented
> on platform X, and people on platform Y having to wait for it to be
> implemented in its entirety.
>
> * Overall, only one lot of end-user documentation would need to be
> maintained.
>
> * It would enable MobileOrg to be made available for mobile platforms
> other than Android and iOS, such as Windows Phone and Blackberry.
>
> * The number of people available to assist with development might well
> be greater, due to the core development environment involving HTML,
> CSS and JavaScript. Barriers to entry for both regular and occasional
> committers would be much lower.
>
> i'm aware that Cordova has various limitations,
> including-but-not-limited-to the lack of native 'feel' of Cordova-based
> applications. However, i feel that the above advantages, combined with
> the my notion that Emacs users are probably less concerned with a
> perfectly slick UI than with having access to functionality they
> need/want, probably outweighs such limitations.
>
> Unfortunately, due to other existing commitments, i wouldn't be able to
> take point on such a reboot. But i'd definitely be willing and able to
> help out! Particularly in the area of contact management and syncing,
> of course. :-)
>
> Thoughts/comments/criticisms?
Sounds interesting. Unfortunately, I haven't done this type of
development in many years. At this moment, I'm not even sure how to go
about setting up Cordova and its prerequisites. Otherwise, I might be
interested in taking the lead on this.
Ultimately, someone will have to pull apart the current
immplementation(s) of MobileOrg in order to redevelop it in Cordova.
Anyone got a handle on that?
--
David Masterson
Programmer At Large
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-09 4:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-09 0:56 Some thoughts on MobileOrg and its development Alexis
2014-08-09 4:13 ` Xebar Saram
2014-08-09 4:22 ` David Masterson [this message]
2014-08-13 1:07 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-13 1:47 ` David Wagle
2014-08-13 2:23 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-13 2:45 ` Alexis
2014-08-13 4:04 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-13 8:10 ` Jacek Generowicz
2014-08-13 22:23 ` Carlos Sosa
2014-08-14 0:54 ` Alexis
2014-08-13 2:59 ` Alexis
2014-08-09 7:53 ` Jacek Generowicz
2014-08-14 1:47 ` Sean Escriva
2014-08-14 2:10 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-14 10:17 ` Jacek Generowicz
2014-08-14 12:17 ` Henning Weiss
2014-08-14 13:07 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2014-08-14 13:36 ` Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo
2014-08-14 15:29 ` Xebar Saram
2014-08-18 7:20 ` Samuel Loury
2014-09-10 19:39 ` Samuel Loury
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