Wikipedia on handheld devices

Paul Makepeace paulm at paulm.com
Tue Jul 10 16:34:28 BST 2007


Not sure if this is any use, a web proxy for mobiles,

Old: http://www.google.com/xhtml
http://www.google.com/webhp

New: http://www.google.com/m?uipref=3

Example,

http://www.google.com/gwt/n?uipref=3&q=chipps+chippendale&source=m&hl=en&ei=ZKaTRriTK4TkngOo-7L4Ag&sa=X&oi=blended&ct=res&cd=1&rd=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FChipps_Chippendale

Paul

On 7/5/07, David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> wrote:
> My project for the last few days has been :
>   http://wikiproxy.cantrell.org.uk/
>
> This was prompted by Wikipedia being impossible to use on my Treo
> because the page layout assumes you have a large screen.  This cuts out
> most of the rubbish surrounding the article, and also gets rid of
> editing, history, some pointless graphics, and so on.
>
> I'm also finding it useful on a desktop because, without all the images
> and the complex page layout, pages load faster.
>
> So, have at it!  Tell everyone!  Report bugs!
>
> I don't care how much traffic it gets, cos it's hosted somewhere where I
> get all the bits I can eat for a pittance.
>
> ObPerl: it's done with LWP and mod_perl.  mod_perl was its usual hateful
>   self and was a pain in the arse to build.
>
> ObLinux: it's done on Linux!  I was shocked when Debian didn't shit its
>   pants when I dist-upgraded from 3.1 to 4.0!
>
> ObVoid: http://wikiproxy.cantrell.org.uk/?.=generative+music
>
> --
> David Cantrell | London Perl Mongers Deputy Chief Heretic
>
> You can't spell "slaughter" without "laughter"
>


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