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When I first used Wikipedia, I'd try to remember to go back to interesting links as I went depth-first through the article. But I'd often forget to go back, or

When I first used Wikipedia, I'd try to remember to go back to interesting links as I went depth-first through the article. But I'd often forget to go back, or if the article was long I'd have trouble finding the earlier link I thought was interesting. So now I explore links breadth-first: as soon as I hit a link I want to additionally explore, I immediately open that link in a new tab and either jump to reading that page right away, or come back later to all the new tabs I've created.

mimischi 2y ago
I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them? I find I end up in these rabbit holes, then realize what time it is and context switch to something else. Once I happen to get back to the collection of Wikipedia tabs, I have most often already lost the spark of interest that I’ve felt initially.
- lostlogin 2y ago
  > I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them? Not the op, but this is how my browser uses all the memory.
- zamadatix 2y ago
  Nobody has time to sit and read all of (or even a small portion of) Wikipedia so your options are to either open endless links you know will never get read or be progressively more selective in which links you choose to follow as the time you want to set aside for curiosity runs out. The only way you end up with tabs you don't read is if you chose the wrong thresholds for following links through the given session. This is self-correcting after a few goes as you realize clicking too many links leads to spending time reading articles you cared less about rather than ones you cared more about.
ant6n 2y ago
One problem is the newfangled Wikipedia with collapsible sections instead of an index doesn’t work on iOS anymore. When jumping into a link and coming back, it often goes to the top of the article instead of where one left of. (Doesn’t anybody test the basic usability of these kind of changes) It seems deliberately designed against browsing through the worlds knowledge.
- zamadatix 2y ago
  Can't say I've run into that problem but I have noticed if you log in the "Expand tables" setting of your user profile's reading preferences also expands all of the sections by default. May or may not work around whatever bug you're running into.

mimischi 2y ago

I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them? I find I end up in these rabbit holes, then realize what time it is and context switch to something else. Once I happen to get back to the collection of Wikipedia tabs, I have most often already lost the spark of interest that I’ve felt initially.

lostlogin 2y ago
> I’m genuinely curious: do you really get back to those tabs and read them? Not the op, but this is how my browser uses all the memory.
zamadatix 2y ago
Nobody has time to sit and read all of (or even a small portion of) Wikipedia so your options are to either open endless links you know will never get read or be progressively more selective in which links you choose to follow as the time you want to set aside for curiosity runs out. The only way you end up with tabs you don't read is if you chose the wrong thresholds for following links through the given session. This is self-correcting after a few goes as you realize clicking too many links leads to spending time reading articles you cared less about rather than ones you cared more about.

ant6n 2y ago

One problem is the newfangled Wikipedia with collapsible sections instead of an index doesn’t work on iOS anymore. When jumping into a link and coming back, it often goes to the top of the article instead of where one left of. (Doesn’t anybody test the basic usability of these kind of changes) It seems deliberately designed against browsing through the worlds knowledge.

zamadatix 2y ago
Can't say I've run into that problem but I have noticed if you log in the "Expand tables" setting of your user profile's reading preferences also expands all of the sections by default. May or may not work around whatever bug you're running into.