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Show HN: A redesigned Wikipedia

13 points by samayshamdasani 10y ago

flukus 10y ago
Just like the current one but without a functioning back button.
- forthefuture 10y ago
  What does the back button do that you didn't expect? When I click on a different page it takes me to that page, when I click back I go back. From what I understand, breaking the back button would mean only the URL changes when you move pages, and back takes you off the domain entirely.
  - flukus 10y ago
    It breaks the state of the previous page. Do a search for something ("rust") go to an article, click back and you're search results are gone. If I'd done the same on a normal html page my search results would be there.
asimjalis 10y ago
Nice.
- samayshamdasani 10y ago
  Thank you!
FLGMwt 10y ago
Looks very good! Nice job :) The one thing I see myself missing off the bad from wiki proper is section collapsing. Would be a welcome addition. Good luck!
rootlocus 10y ago
Wikiwand is a similar project [1], although more polished. [1] http://www.wikiwand.com/ http://www.wikiwand.com/
- demonshreder 10y ago
  Really like this. Thanks.
- samayshamdasani 10y ago
  Thanks. This project was just for fun. I am still working on the design.
__derek__ 10y ago
No dice for me on iOS Safari: the input has no submit functionality.
obstinate 10y ago
Left-align the text, please. Good luck.
- samayshamdasani 10y ago
  Done. Thanks
nhatbui 10y ago
I typed 'c++', hit 'Enter', clicked on second article titled 'c++', and got the article for the letter 'c'.
cisstrd 10y ago
Doesn't work without javascript, real wikipedia does your site: https://s27.postimg.org/3pr86aehf/Screenshot_170117_05_27_35.png https://s27.postimg.org/3pr86aehf/Screenshot_170117_05_27_35... wikipedia: https://s23.postimg.org/476xr1lbf/Screenshot_170117_05_28_11.png https://s23.postimg.org/476xr1lbf/Screenshot_170117_05_28_11... Wikipedia looks much better
- samayshamdasani 10y ago
  it relies on Wikipedia's API - and I am still working on the styling..Thanks for the input!
MrFlynn 10y ago
Wiki2 is a similar idea [1], but keeps the general feel of Wikipedia. IMO, it does a better job of managing media (images, video, etc.) than vanilla Wikipedia. [1] https://en.wiki2.org/ https://en.wiki2.org/
true_religion 10y ago
Centering longform text is a bit of a UX no-no.

flukus 10y ago

Just like the current one but without a functioning back button.

forthefuture 10y ago
What does the back button do that you didn't expect? When I click on a different page it takes me to that page, when I click back I go back. From what I understand, breaking the back button would mean only the URL changes when you move pages, and back takes you off the domain entirely.
- flukus 10y ago
  It breaks the state of the previous page. Do a search for something ("rust") go to an article, click back and you're search results are gone. If I'd done the same on a normal html page my search results would be there.

asimjalis 10y ago

Nice.

samayshamdasani 10y ago
Thank you!

FLGMwt 10y ago

Looks very good! Nice job :) The one thing I see myself missing off the bad from wiki proper is section collapsing. Would be a welcome addition. Good luck!

rootlocus 10y ago

Wikiwand is a similar project [1], although more polished. [1] http://www.wikiwand.com/ http://www.wikiwand.com/

demonshreder 10y ago
Really like this. Thanks.
samayshamdasani 10y ago
Thanks. This project was just for fun. I am still working on the design.

__derek__ 10y ago

No dice for me on iOS Safari: the input has no submit functionality.

obstinate 10y ago

Left-align the text, please. Good luck.

samayshamdasani 10y ago
Done. Thanks

nhatbui 10y ago

I typed 'c++', hit 'Enter', clicked on second article titled 'c++', and got the article for the letter 'c'.

cisstrd 10y ago

Doesn't work without javascript, real wikipedia does your site: https://s27.postimg.org/3pr86aehf/Screenshot_170117_05_27_35.png https://s27.postimg.org/3pr86aehf/Screenshot_170117_05_27_35... wikipedia: https://s23.postimg.org/476xr1lbf/Screenshot_170117_05_28_11.png https://s23.postimg.org/476xr1lbf/Screenshot_170117_05_28_11... Wikipedia looks much better

samayshamdasani 10y ago
it relies on Wikipedia's API - and I am still working on the styling..Thanks for the input!

MrFlynn 10y ago

Wiki2 is a similar idea [1], but keeps the general feel of Wikipedia. IMO, it does a better job of managing media (images, video, etc.) than vanilla Wikipedia. [1] https://en.wiki2.org/ https://en.wiki2.org/

true_religion 10y ago

Centering longform text is a bit of a UX no-no.