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Re: Lets build a zim android app together!

 

I didn't see this. Is it linked in the wiki home? If it isn't, can you
put a link there?

Cheers

Marco Cevoli


On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Paulo van Breugel
<p.vanbreugel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jaap already created a page for this, so perhaps better to stick with that
> page to avoid duplicates:
> https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-android-mockapp/wiki
>
>
> On 08-02-16 16:09, Marco Cevoli wrote:
>>
>> Thanks, Jaap, good to know. I've done mockups in the past, so I'll try
>> to find some time to design a first draft.
>>
>> I don't know if I had the right to do it, but I created a specific
>> page on the Wiki:
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/jaap-karssenberg/zim-wiki/wiki/Android-app-design-and-development
>>
>> The first step would be to collect the features that would go into the
>> Android app, so that I can create the mockup around them. That's why I
>> suppose that the app won't do _all_ the things that the Desktop app
>> does, but I might be wrong.
>>
>> HIH
>>
>> Marco Cevoli
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Jaap Karssenberg
>> <jaap.karssenberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Marco,
>>>
>>> Afraid financing is not the limiting factor at this moment. Personally I
>>> have a full time job in engineering, so more income would not allow me to
>>> spent more time on zim.
>>>
>>> Besides, we actually have some money from donations, and so far it has
>>> proven more difficult to find people to take the money than to find
>>> people
>>> willing to donate ...
>>>
>>> At this time what we really need is a few volunteers with some coding /
>>> web
>>> skills that enjoy diving in and helping out.
>>>
>>> However I'm open to proposals to get some of this work done in exchange
>>> for
>>> money. After all, a lot of donations do mention an android app as their
>>> wishlist item.
>>>
>>> One task at this moment where non-techies could help is to make a mockup
>>> of
>>> how the application should look and describe where to click and what
>>> happens. This kind of thing you can draw out in any paint program.
>>> Putting
>>> it in the wiki allows for collaboration on this.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jaap
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Marco Cevoli <marco.cevoli@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Have you considered crowdfund the effort? Creating a crowdfunding
>>>> project might give you the resources needed to jump-start the
>>>> development and would be an easy way for non-techies to express their
>>>> support.
>>>>
>>>> Just an idea.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards
>>>>
>>>> Marco Cevoli
>>>>
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