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  • Isaac Keyet 4:34 pm on May 8, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Dev chat summary for May 8, 2013 

    Chat log.

    Agenda

    • iOS projects update
    • Android projects update
    • Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)
    • Handbook reminder

    iOS projects update

    NUX (new welcome guide, improved WordPress.com sign up) is almost complete, need to look over copy and polish a few things, then should be ready to get it translated and tested.

    WordPress.com native reader project: picking up momentum again, currently working on threaded comments which is complicated.

    Accounts migration: need to write the actual core data migration but very close to completion. Should simplify the way WordPress.com accounts act under the hood in the iOS app.

    Android projects update

    A bug fix update is going out today that fixes a bug with featured images.

    The WordPress.com Notifications project is very close to beta, no word on when just yet but should be very soon.

    Moving dev blog discussions to make/mobile (this blog)

    We decided to close the dev blogs and (if possible) migrate their data to this blog instead and keep all discussions/announcements/etc in one place. The filtering on this p2 should make it easy to only see discussions about specific platforms if you only contribute to one. @mrroundhill took it on himself to investigate what’s needed for migrating the data. @isaackeyet (me) will look into a way to display sticky messages on the dev blogs once migrations are complete. The platform leads for each platform will also post a last post on each one of the dev blogs letting subscribed readers know that the blog has been merged with make/mobile (this would be @mrroundhill, @koke, and @daniloercoli for BlackBerry and Windows Phone).

    After the chat @nacin jumped in and let us know he will assist with the migrations as well.

    Handbook reminder

    @aerych reminded himself and all others that the Handbook is still in need of looking over and updating – please refer to the separate todo post for details on what’s left and who’s responsible for what.

    Other

    @daniloercoli let everybody know that there’s a new bug fix update live for Windows Phone. It has bug fixes as well as a small new feature that lets users share permalinks to other apps on the device (such as Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc).

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on May 15, 2013 at 15:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

  • Isaac Keyet 11:28 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    We’re coming up on the end of the contributor handbook schedule. May 17th is the last date for all handbook components, after that there’s only editing left. We’ve not followed the exact structure as suggested by Docs, but we’re not far from having all parts ready either. So as we’re approaching the home stretch, I thought it best to create a check list of remaning items so we make sure everything gets done in time.

    I’ll assign people to complete the pages to the best of my knowledge.

    Introduction

    iOS

    The state of the iOS and Graphics sections are far behind the rest, so these two only have general todos.

    Android

    BlackBerry

    Windows Phone

    Can’t find the reference right now, but if I remember correctly @daniloercoli, @aerych, and @sendhilp all wanted to take another look at the Windows Phone section. Please divide any items here in between you!

    Other Apps

    Contribute with Design

    All items assigned to @isaackeyet

    Assist with Testing

    XML-RPC & API Contributions

    General Guides

    Any takers here? @beaucollins comes to mind, let me know if you’re up for taking these on.

    Tips & Tricks

    Credits

    Other todos

     

    • daniloercoli 8:33 am on April 19, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      BlackBerry: I will update/finish the section “Intro to app development”, but other than that don’t think we need to spend other time on this platform, that is now deprecated (BB10 is out since Jan), and the app didn’t see an update (and any contributor) since mid 2012.

  • Isaac Keyet 5:47 pm on January 23, 2013 Permalink | Reply
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    Weekly Dev Chat Summary for Jan 23, 2013 

    This week’s chat log.

    Agenda

    • WPiOS Status and What’s Next
    • Navigation UI for WPAndroid
    • WPiOS Sign Up Wireframe Discussion

    WPiOS Status and What’s Next

    Version 3.4 of WPiOS has been submitted, the main new feature is a Notifications panel for WordPress.com and Jetpack-enabled blogs. It also features stability improvements.

    A bug fix update is in the works, in which the UI/UX around Notifications will be improved further. Tickets going into this bug fix update will be listed on the WPiOS Trac.

    We’re also working on better Previews for WPiOS, this will likely be the next major version of WPiOS – would be v 3.5 then. Since we have feature-based dev cycles this may be subject to change though. Any new contributors should jump in at #wordpress-mobile on Freenode to a mobile group member for starting work on any major new feature.

    Navigation UI for WPAndroid

    Background.

    We decided to iterate on the UI in an upcoming WPAndroid release:

    • Add ActionBarSherlock and ‘convert’ our homegrown action bar to the native one
    • Remove the ‘dashboard’ home screen and instead put the items in a slide-out menu
    • Make small style updates around the app (lists etc) to better conform to the Holo UI pattern

    Tasks delegated so far:

    Previews is also in the works, @koke says it’s about half-way there. Whatever finishes first will be v. 2.3.

    WPiOS Sign Up Wireframe Discussion

    Background courtesy @karmatosed.

    We had a discussion around what a sign up flow for WPiOS could look like, based on the wireframe. We like the direction but concluded that some basic improvements to the sign up/login flow might be nice altogether. The team highlighted plans to remove the “Select Blogs” step from the set up flow altogether, but this doesn’t have to happen at the same time.

    We decided that another round of wireframes may be in order that ditches the first screen altogether and moves straight into a combined self-hosted/WordPress.com log in form. We want to make sure there’s enough space there for some explanatory copywriting and that there are ways to highlight fields and provide additional instructions (at least for the URL field). We’ll wait to discuss more until we’ve seen some more wireframes.

    It was a big discussion, if you’re interested be sure to check the chat log.

    Next week

    The next dev chat will be on Jan 30, 2013 at 16:00 UTC. Mark your calendar and join us in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode.

     

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