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Take note: The interface hasn't changed much, a good thing.

eruleman 6y ago
It's because lots of people are using Wikiwand extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikiwand-wikipedia-modern/emffkefkbkpkgpdeeooapgaicgmcbolj?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikiwand-wikipedia...).
- bawolff 6y ago
  It would actually be interesting to know how common that extension is as a percentage of wikipedia views. I would bet less than 0.1%
op03 6y ago
Most importantly it hasnt adopted the Like/Follower count based Reward system that lot of people in the tech world have mindlessly included all over the place. Try running any org with a Like and Follower count based reward system and check what surfaces and who pays a prices.
- colejohnson66 6y ago
  StackOverflow was doing good until the Eternal September began. They also forgot to take into account changing “best practices”
ignoranceprior 6y ago
The main changes were the switch from UseModWiki to MediaWiki (using the Monobook skin), and from Monobook to Vector. https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/ https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/?useskin=monobook https://en.wikipedia.org/?useskin=monobook
whym 6y ago
Not to disagree, but the mobile web site brought a significantly different user experience (for example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean), and the mobile readership has been at least as large as the desktop for a long time. [1] [1] https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/reading/total-page-views/normal|bar|2016-01-01~2021-02-01|access~desktop*mobile-web|monthly https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/reading/total...
- dannyw 6y ago
  It's crazy how editing still hasn't improved much on mobile. Compare it with the desktop editor. I guess people don't really do much editing on mobile?
sq_ 6y ago
The popup cards when you mouse over an internal link that they added semi-recently are an awesome addition, though. Great melding of the old interface with a highly useful newer feature, in my opinion.

It's because lots of people are using Wikiwand extension (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikiwand-wikipedia-modern/emffkefkbkpkgpdeeooapgaicgmcbolj?hl=en-US https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wikiwand-wikipedia...).

bawolff 6y ago
It would actually be interesting to know how common that extension is as a percentage of wikipedia views. I would bet less than 0.1%

op03 6y ago

Most importantly it hasnt adopted the Like/Follower count based Reward system that lot of people in the tech world have mindlessly included all over the place. Try running any org with a Like and Follower count based reward system and check what surfaces and who pays a prices.

colejohnson66 6y ago
StackOverflow was doing good until the Eternal September began. They also forgot to take into account changing “best practices”

ignoranceprior 6y ago

The main changes were the switch from UseModWiki to MediaWiki (using the Monobook skin), and from Monobook to Vector. https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/ https://nostalgia.wikipedia.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/?useskin=monobook https://en.wikipedia.org/?useskin=monobook

whym 6y ago

Not to disagree, but the mobile web site brought a significantly different user experience (for example https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean vs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean), and the mobile readership has been at least as large as the desktop for a long time. [1] [1] https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/reading/total-page-views/normal|bar|2016-01-01~2021-02-01|access~desktop*mobile-web|monthly https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org/reading/total...

dannyw 6y ago
It's crazy how editing still hasn't improved much on mobile. Compare it with the desktop editor. I guess people don't really do much editing on mobile?

sq_ 6y ago

The popup cards when you mouse over an internal link that they added semi-recently are an awesome addition, though. Great melding of the old interface with a highly useful newer feature, in my opinion.