[Building Sakai] Some UX issues on Android smartphones

[John Bush]

That idea has been floating around for this ticket:
http://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-18098

On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Thomas Amsler <tpamsler at ucdavis.edu> wrote:
> We should evaluate if it's feasible to redirect known mobile OSs to the pda
> portal if it's active? I personally think that we need to pay more attention
> to mobile OSs.
> Best,
> -- Thomas
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 7:37 AM, David Horwitz <david.horwitz at uct.ac.za>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mathieu,
>>
>> Do you enable the PDA portal? This is much better than the default for
>> small devices
>>
>> {mysakaiinstall}/portal/pda/
>>
>>
>> D
>>
>> On 08/20/2010 04:25 PM, Mathieu Plourde wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> >
>> > I'm sending this message around to see if something is on its way in
>> > order to support mobile OSs for Sakai. At Delaware, we have stumbled
>> > upon two annoyances already without even digging.
>> >
>> > 1) The "My Active Sites" overlay shows up, but links are not
>> > accessible. If you try to click somewhere to access a site in the
>> > list, the whole box blinks, and nothing happens. The workaround is to
>> > go to "My Workspace>Worksite Setup".
>> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/4909841675/
>> >
>> > 2) In Messages, there is no way to make the cursor show up in the text
>> > box that uses FCK. All the WYSIWYG buttons are completely useless,
>> > even the "Source" one. I did not check for other FCK boxes yet.
>> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/4910450840/in/photostream/
>> >
>> > I have seen that there is a sub-group that has been formed to tackle
>> > mobile issues, but is it even active?
>> > http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/UX/Mobile+UX
>> >
>> > Should I turn these two issues into Jira tickets? And what's our
>> > strategy as a community when it comes to making sure Sakai becomes
>> > mobile-friendly?
>> >
>> > P.S.: We are currently running 2.6.1 and patches in production. My
>> > phone runs Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) on Verizon.
>> >
>> > Mathieu
>> >
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