Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-09-10/From the editor

Please add comments regarding an iOS Signpost app here! Please also note that a significant hurdle to this port is money, as registering an iOS app costs upward of a hundred U.S. dollars. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:23, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Even here in developing Southeat Asia, the number of iPad and iPhçne sales is phenominal. The global Apple computer user community has been shunned by Wiki developers for long enough - let the porting to IOS be a step in the right direction. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:28, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Apologies, I revised my comment above after you posted this, Kudpung. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 05:52, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the shoutout! I should also point to mw:User:Notnarayan, who designed the entire app and made it look slick. The source for the app is available on GitHub and is GPL'd, so contributions/bug reports welcome! YuviPanda (talk) 07:29, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and I added his name. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:11, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

Where is the Signpost's RSS feed? I can't find any since wikipediasignpost.com died. The solution at http://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/30520 is not a good RSS feed (links to history page instead of content). I think a good RSS feed is more important than a dedicated app. RSS feeds can be used on any platform. Nicolas1981 (talk) 08:43, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'm working on this. Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:11, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It would be trivial for me to setup a full text RSS/Atom feed for the Signpost. I can take a shot at it later tonight YuviPanda (talk) 14:02, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * And done! Atom feed of posts from last three issues up at signpost.yuvi.in/feed. Please file issues on GitHub (or poke my talk). Thanks! YuviPanda (talk) 16:18, 11 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Reading this on my iPad. I'm logged in, but that's not unusual amount editors. I doubt I would see signposts in an app as being logged in I prompted by it's notification on my talk page. Wikipedia has a dire mobile interface on the iPad, instead it should just stick to the standard desktop as the iPad has a good screen resolution and shouldn't be treated like a 1990s mobile device. Regards, Sun Creator(talk) 09:19, 11 September 2012 (UTC)

I think we should have apps for iOS as well as Android. I do appreciate WMF focusing on the free(er) Android market first, and if releasing free iOS apps means giving $ to Apple, I suggest that the required funds be gathered on Kickstarter or such. Let those who choose the overpriced, freedom-limiting technology (i.e. bought an Apple product) pay for it themselves; I don't think that we should use our regular donation income to fund stuff for them. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 15:14, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I'll note that this entire app was done with me and Notnarayan as volunteers - no WMF money was involved :) YuviPanda (talk) 15:23, 11 September 2012 (UTC)