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== Date & Location ==
== Date & Location ==
* Spring 2014, exact days still to be defined.
* Spring 2014, 5-11 May (with 3 days during the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014 Wikimedia Hackathon])
* Location still to be defined.
* Zurich, Switzerland


== Tasks ==
== Tasks ==
; Desktop
* Fix compilation on OSX
* Let integrity check run in background
* Remove kiwix sh script launcher
* ...
; Android
* Fix crashes (at least the one with the back button)
* Implement internal library/downloader
* Fix bookmarking system
* ...
; iOS
* Build libkiwix for iOS
* ...
; Other
* Build VM for developers
* Replace ZIP files by real files in the torrent file
* Replace ZIP files by real files in the torrent file
* Propose index to be download separatly
* Propose index to be download separately
* Rewrite the list of contents on the Kiwix web site to allow a link to the demo server and also other type of contents (not only Wikimedia)
* Rewrite the list of contents on the Kiwix web site to allow a link to the demo server and also other type of contents (not only Wikimedia)
* Rewrite windows launcher to avoid XML files, store is at the root of the USB flash drive, everything in one binary
* Rewrite windows launcher to avoid XML files, store is at the root of the USB flash drive, everything in one binary
* Rewrite kiwix linux launcher to be run from usb flash drive root
* Rewrite kiwix linux launcher to be run from usb flash drive root
* Download splitted ZIM files from the kiwix-desktop downloader
* Download splitted ZIM files from the kiwix-desktop downloader
* ...
* In portable version with content, we should provide a launcher with the icon of the content (example wikipedia icon) in addition to the kiwix icon


== Attendees ==
== Attendees ==
* [[user:reg|Reg]]
* [[user:reg|Reg]]
* [[user:kelson|Kelson]]
* [[user:kelson|Kelson]]
* [[User:RashiqAhmad|RashiqAhmad]], for the last 3 days


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Hackathon]]
* [[Hackathon]]
[[category:hackathon]]

Latest revision as of 15:30, 27 February 2023

User experience matters!

Kiwix works well but still suffer of some usability issues. This hackathon has for purpose to improve the overwhole usability of the project: from web site, to Kiwix for PC, through documentation and other mobile versions.

Date & Location

Tasks

Desktop
  • Fix compilation on OSX
  • Let integrity check run in background
  • Remove kiwix sh script launcher
  • ...
Android
  • Fix crashes (at least the one with the back button)
  • Implement internal library/downloader
  • Fix bookmarking system
  • ...
iOS
  • Build libkiwix for iOS
  • ...
Other
  • Build VM for developers
  • Replace ZIP files by real files in the torrent file
  • Propose index to be download separately
  • Rewrite the list of contents on the Kiwix web site to allow a link to the demo server and also other type of contents (not only Wikimedia)
  • Rewrite windows launcher to avoid XML files, store is at the root of the USB flash drive, everything in one binary
  • Rewrite kiwix linux launcher to be run from usb flash drive root
  • Download splitted ZIM files from the kiwix-desktop downloader
  • In portable version with content, we should provide a launcher with the icon of the content (example wikipedia icon) in addition to the kiwix icon

Attendees

See also