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Colin Devroe

Minimal Wikipedia - Minimal redesign of Wikipedia by Moe Silah

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Ryan Hoover
I'm a fan of minimalist design in many cases but the larger font makes it harder to quickly scan and parse the information. Also does Moe have permission by Wikipedia for this?
Mark Abramson
@rrhoover when I saw this first (desktop) I instantly thought "this is going to look great on my phone." Agree pretty huge for desktop without a cntl-
Colin Devroe
Hunter
@rrhoover I agree with you but on things like tablets and phones it might be great. I don't know how he's doing it but Wikipedia has a full open API. Side note about PH: Autocomplete of users names is only working to two characters. So @rrh... doesn't work for you. :(
Jonathan Howard
@cdevroe re autocomplete: I think it only works on first names, not usernames :)
Colin Devroe
Hunter
@staringispolite Well, that I didn't know. I also didn't know about the reply button, apparently. Awesome. Thanks.
Martin Bavio
How is this a product? EDIT: Nevermind, I thought it was just a static redesign, but it's actually using Wikipedia content. Carry on.
Colin Devroe
Hunter
@mbavio I debated submitting this. @rrhoover -- is this an OK submission?
Ryan Hoover
@cdevroe yes, this perfect. Products are defined broadly on PH and while I don't have a clear definition, it has to be something that you can use and get value from but more than just a blog post/article.
Jonathan Howard
I love this. Looks like it's ready-only features for now, which makes sense for practical reasons, but also use case. @rrhoover I think it's just a tradeoff between legibility and readability. eg, on the bus, I can't steady the screen, so readability and scanning aren't ideal. Also, it's possible you're just used to adjusting to something sub-optimal in the original wikipedia. If I used this regularly, I imagine I'd either be in a more passive "consumption" mode, or start leaning more on browsers' search and the ToC.
Ryan Hoover
@staringispolite I DON'T WANT MY WIKIPEDIA TO CHANGE EVER! Actually... good points, sir. :)
Colin Devroe
Hunter
Moe Silah writes about the redesign here: http://wikipedia.moesalih.com/?a...
Sabrina Majeed
Where is the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button!?
Justin Fowler
Bookmarking this. But I agree with @rrhoover, the font is too big, I have to scroll quite a bit just to get to the table of contents.
I don't see anythings about that anymore, please up one if you have download before. Really need it.