New Wiki Sucks?
Is it me or does the new Wikipedia layout make it way harder and more difficult to do "Wiki research"?
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What don't you like about the new layout? I find it to be a really well-done change that helps to modernize the page without getting rid of its classic text-first approach. In fact, other than moving the table of contents to the side, I really don't see any major differences.
Also, if you don't like the new layout, you can get the old one back. If you create an account, and go to preferences -> appearance, you can change back to the old "Vector Legacy (2010)" layout [1]
[1]: https://www.howtogeek.com/866617/how-to-get-the-old-wikipedi...
Also, if you don't like the new layout, you can get the old one back. If you create an account, and go to preferences -> appearance, you can change back to the old "Vector Legacy (2010)" layout [1]
[1]: https://www.howtogeek.com/866617/how-to-get-the-old-wikipedi...
My first response was also positive. Cleaner yet persistent nav to jump around quickly
I don't understand why they pushed the table of contents like it was super important. Are there really people who need to have it all the time under their nose? Generally I just read it once to find the specific information I'm looking for, and that's it. On the other hand, I use language links a lot, and now I have to make an additional click to find them, that's just annoying.
Eventually I just installed extensions on my browsers to get rid of the problem (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/revert-wikipedia-l... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classic-wikip... if aynone is looking for a solution). It's less inconvenient than creating an account, but it is dicey and I wish wikimedia offered a more convenient solution.
Eventually I just installed extensions on my browsers to get rid of the problem (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/revert-wikipedia-l... https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classic-wikip... if aynone is looking for a solution). It's less inconvenient than creating an account, but it is dicey and I wish wikimedia offered a more convenient solution.
https://www.wikiwand.com/ lets you customize how Wikipedia is rendered.
I find the defaults easier to read.
I find the defaults easier to read.
I think I dislike it out of newness.
But I do profess a dislike for how it hides the nav at even medium sized screens.
But I do profess a dislike for how it hides the nav at even medium sized screens.
In what ways?
You lose like 2 inches of text real estate on the left side under the navigation stuff (and the white blankness beneath it) I reckon most people are finding their way to Wiki directly from Google anyway so why waste so much screen space
Yeah it sucks