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Not much to add except wanted to say that I enjoyed becoming aware of the impact Wikipedia's design decision had on me, as a reader. Seeing the encarta/margina
by maest 5y ago
Not much to add except wanted to say that I enjoyed becoming aware of the impact Wikipedia's design decision had on me, as a reader.
Seeing the encarta/marginalia version vs the wikipedia one really drives home the point. It's interesting how the design had a strong impact on my experience, and yet I never really noticed it before.
I feel a bit like a fish suddenly aware of the water they're in.
- mrob 5y agoI was confused by the claim that the Encarta version is quieter until I read that it was because of the inline links. I thought the Wikipedia version was quieter because it doesn't have a distracting background image. I think this confusion is evidence that inline links are actually not distracting. I don't feel I have to make a decision whenever I see one because I know they'll still be there later.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoMaybe it's individual variations? I struggle immensely reading text with inline links. I immediately start skimming and my attention is strongly drawn to the linked words.
- dahfizz 5y agoMaybe you can add custom CSS rules that make links the same color? I also much prefer the wikipedia interface to the alternatives.
- marginalia_nu 5y agoThis pretty much is a custom CSS. I was also more than a bit annoyed by the huge downloads and 30 second page loads.