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Although Wikipedia's mobile site has been in various stages of development for quite some time, Wikimedia's Lead Mobile Developer Hampton Catlin recently announced on the Wikimedia technical blog that the site is live on a new server and ready for action.
Currently, the site supports iPhone, Kindle, Android, and Palm Pre in English and German with other languages in the works in various stages of translation. "Our goal," wrote Catlin, "is to grow slowly and do it really well... Things are looking good so far."
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An important note for Wikipedia editors is the use of default redirects to the mobile gateway. Editors working on the fly from mobile devices will have to click a link reading "View this page on main Wikipedia" to disable the redirect. Catlin wrote of this change, "The 99% of people using mobile devices to read Wikipedia on-the-go have a seemless experience... We suspect an initial outcry from the editors that use their mobile devices, but hope that will calm down."
This link has been bookmarked by 2 people . It was first bookmarked on 06 Jul 2009, by Joel Liu.
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Although Wikipedia's mobile site has been in various stages of development for quite some time, Wikimedia's Lead Mobile Developer Hampton Catlin recently announced on the Wikimedia technical blog that the site is live on a new server and ready for action.
Currently, the site supports iPhone, Kindle, Android, and Palm Pre in English and German with other languages in the works in various stages of translation. "Our goal," wrote Catlin, "is to grow slowly and do it really well... Things are looking good so far."
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