Re: Some thoughts on MobileOrg and its development ....

[Sean Escriva <sean.escriva@gmail.com>]

Greetings Org users!

(Current MobileOrg iOS maintainer here)

Great to read some feedback. It's often hard to know who really cares if
MobileOrg even exists.

Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz@cern.ch> writes:

> Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> i can't help but wonder if the 'MobileOrg' endeavour needs a reboot.
>
> It seems clear that it does.
>
>> More specifically, it seems to me that rebuilding MobileOrg as a single
>> project [...] might be a way forward, 
>
> This is vital!

I haven't talked with Matburt for some time now, so I don't want to
speak for him.

However from my perspective there's a huge value in having a single
codebase. Basically my preference is to do whatever will allow the most
contributors to help out.

>
>> on top of Apache Cordova:
>>
>> https://cordova.apache.org/
>
> I'd just like to float Kivy as another possibility:
>
>    http://kivy.org
>
> What makes Kivy interesting to me in this context (apart from its
> cross-platform nature) is its excellent support of gestures, which gives
> me (the perhaps naive) hope that a little more than an utterly trivial
> feature set might be provided on the mobile form factor.

If Cordova or Kivy are a way to that I'm open to looking at them, but
don't have experience with either.

I am comfortable with python so Kivy appeals to me personally.

From the little experience I have with them, cross platform frameworks
do suffer from a loss of fidelity compared to native applications but as
mentioned that may be an acceptable trade off.

There's tons of options for possible paths here (even
https://wukix.com/mocl for fellow LISPers) but the key in my mind is to
support a community of contributors.

>
>> Unfortunately, due to other existing commitments, i wouldn't be able
>> to take point on such a reboot.
>
> The dreamer in me thinks this might be the itch-to-scratch that finally
> motivates me to getting to grips with Kivy; the realist in me is pretty
> certain that I fall into the same category as you.
>

Realistically this is the issue in most cases, plenty of well meaning
help but not a lot of time to do anything. Life gets in the way.

As of the iOS version specifically, I have held off updating due to a
few requests to maintain support for older devices.

My preference in the short term for iOS would be to update the code to
the latest sdk and add a few minor features if needed, but then
determine the best way forward to maintain a single common functional
base.

I am an owner on the github org: https://github.com/MobileOrg and it
would be excellent to make it the central org for any efforts. I'm happy
to help that happen however I can.

-- 
-sean