tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post6191822774299578896..comments2023-12-27T14:34:55.627+00:00Comments on Digital Futures ~ Martin Hamilton: Progressive Enhancement - Exploring the Mobile WebMartin Hamiltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12640838667301026751noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post-30128749165049568112011-03-25T21:59:20.163+00:002011-03-25T21:59:20.163+00:00A bit late to the party, but at Bath we're cur...A bit late to the party, but at Bath we're currently doing some investigation into Mobileweb OSP. It plugged in quite nicely on top of many of our existing services! Did you end up going this route, or pursuing something else?<br /><br />You're right, the maps stuff is a differentiator, so it's annoying to see you've done some great work here; we've previously geo-located our buildings and computer labs (and PC availability) but not worked the display to such a high level. It'll be interesting to see what changes MWOSP 2.5 brings on this front.<br /><br />http://blogs.bath.ac.uk/webservices/Phil Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646664352200705164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post-89499886391041645722010-12-27T22:59:04.223+00:002010-12-27T22:59:04.223+00:00Hi Martin!
I've been meaning to google about ...Hi Martin!<br /><br />I've been meaning to google about Loughborough and Webosp for a few months since seeing you guys were giving a paper at the UKOLN Mobile Web Event back in October...just got round to it now!<br /><br />Here at Stirling Uni we are currently starting to slowly implement Webosp and are so far in a definite prototype stage with a few things missing due to lack of usable data feeds. It's available here, although it's just on a development server so may collapse if more than a few people access it! http://m.stir.ac.uk <br /><br />As Dave says some of the things you are implementing are pretty awesome and way more advanced than most other instances of his platform I've seen...I've been petitioning for networked washing machines for years! Going by the screenshots, your moodle implementation and library catalogue look great too. We unfortunately use webct and millenium for our VLE and OPAC which means we have to pretty much pay through the nose for any type of API to be able to do mobile stuff with them(although I do have a semi working Z39.50 client working on the mobile app with our opac). <br /><br />I do share your worries about upgrading. My current version is a pretty bastardised version 2 as it is and I just noticed Dave has committed some new bits n pieces to github in preparation for a 2.5 launch. Looking through some of the changes I can see myself breaking it totally if I try to upgrade some of it, although simplerss and proper mysql support would be really helpful!<br /><br />As probably two of the only UK places that are currently trying to implement webosp, it would be great to share some ideas and catch up properly at some point (andrew.wilson@stir.ac.uk).<br /><br />Keep up the good work!Andrew Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735946626371926766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post-16376664038274334772010-11-17T18:21:35.309+00:002010-11-17T18:21:35.309+00:00Martin-
Just as an FYI I posted a "State of ...Martin-<br /><br />Just as an FYI I posted a "State of Mobile Web OSP" today in case you're curious where the project is heading outside of that jQTouch/jQuery Mobile issue.<br /><br />http://www.dmolsen.com/mobile-in-higher-ed/?p=149Dave Olsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675653791201107249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post-39201032469775419412010-11-17T03:15:46.944+00:002010-11-17T03:15:46.944+00:00Martin-
One area of concern that I have for Mobil...Martin-<br /><br />One area of concern that I have for Mobile Web OSP is that notion of "upgradeability". I'm hoping that version 2 (which it appears you're using) has separated enough of the core logic and presentation from modules that for the most part code is re-usable when/if I make, for example, a move to jQuery Mobile. I think at this point jQTouch is on the way out. Hopefully as I release new versions folks like yourself can give feedback on what works or doesn't in terms of making your lives as simple as possible on upgrades. That is one of the positives to using open source... you can always bug me ;)<br /><br />Please let me know if/when you go live with the project. It looks like you're providing some really cool information. It's definitely one of the more ambitious sites I've seen developed with Mobile Web OSP.<br /><br />Really great post by the way.Dave Olsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02675653791201107249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3480704540309659677.post-25157477805099983732010-11-10T15:56:57.716+00:002010-11-10T15:56:57.716+00:00Excellent post, Martin. Really informative - thank...Excellent post, Martin. Really informative - thanks! <br /><br />What with the much-talked-about use of mobile devices amongst learners now and the options available to institutions; from vendor driven native apps to web apps to mobile web, I think this post is fantastically helpful.<br /><br />I'll be seeing you next week at the CETIS conference. I'll have to talk to you about presenting at my 2nd (as yet unplanned) CETIS event round Mobile Technologies methinks :)Mark Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796982024658956149noreply@blogger.com