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lichess on KaiOS - feature request #894

Open moustachio-belvedere opened 6 years ago

moustachio-belvedere commented 6 years ago

I'm submitting a feature request

Feature request

With the recent release of the Nokia 8110 4G, and the demise of my smartphone, I am considering moving to the world of KaiOS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS). There is increasing interest in the OS and Google has recently invested a large sum into its development which is promising for longer term stability.

However I would greatly miss the lichess app. So I am opening this feature request to hopefully initiate discussion on developing a version of the app for KaiOS; whether would be feasible, how much work would be involved and if there enough interested people to make it happen.

I should note that I have experience developing in Python, Julia and a bit of C++, so I'm not sure how much I can contribute myself (although I am trying to learn javascript/typescript at the moment, slowly).

moustachio-belvedere commented 6 years ago

I just noticed this issue on lichess main repo which may affect the discussion here: https://github.com/ornicar/lila/issues/2231

freefal commented 6 years ago

@moustachio-belvedere The only way this will happen is if Apache Cordova, which the lichess app is based on, gets KaiOS support. If that happens, it should be straightforward to port. If not, very very difficult.

poVoq commented 4 years ago

Just a drive by comment, but KaiOS is based on FireFoxOS, which in turn can be made to work quite well with Cordova Apps: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2014/02/building-cordova-apps-for-firefox-os/

This is all a bit outdated and untested, but there is a good chance it will run if adapted a bit.

petrkovacs commented 3 years ago

Somebody made lichess client for KaiOS: https://www.kaiostech.com/store/apps/?bundle_id=kaios.app.kchess