Modern for Wikipedia - A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Wikipedia

@stevew this is so cool! It really makes Wikipedia much nicer to use. It’d be awesome if we could change the font size of the table of contents on the left too, but it’s not a big deal. I had no idea it’s possible to make an extension like this! Could you point me towards an article or a resource that would help me get started in this field? I can think of many sites I’d like to customize.

@anna_0x Hi Anna, glad you like it :) Thanks for the feedback. The latest update now includes settings to change the font size, line height and width of the table of contents. In terms of development, it's fairly easy to do. Here's a guide I found with a quick search: https://www.lateral.io/resources...

@stevew ah, thanks a lot! Because I have no experience with these things, I was in no position to evaluate whether a tutorial is good/accurate, so thanks for the link :)

@theikid Thanks :) Would like to add a Safari version, just a bit more involved as you need an App Store developer account. Hopefully soon tho!

@travis_carr Thanks, yes hopefully soon!

@david_hernandez3 Thanks, glad you like it :) Good idea, I will add an optional setting to follow the system theme in the next version.

@david_hernandez3 Hi David, this has now been added as a setting in the latest version. It will auto change to whatever light/dark theme you've most recently selected within the extension settings.

@monirom Yeah. I am wondering the same as how it compares to WikiWand? @stevew

@monirom @aniketteredesai Similar concept (Wikipedia redesign) but Modern is built on top of the existing Wikipedia website and runs locally on your device, whereas Wikiwand host a copy and redirect you to their website. The extension approach used by Modern is better for privacy, and also ensures all the Wikipedia features still work, including user accounts etc (and that it's always showing the most up to date articles). Apart from that, Modern is just a different design approach (more minimal) and has some extra features (history etc). I like Wikiwand though, I think they get a lot right. Not sure how active their development is nowadays (last social media posts were a few years ago).

@aniketteredesai Glad to hear it :)

@verrok If you click the "aA" icon top right, you can adjust the content area width with the slider :)

@byteybeasts Thanks, glad you like it! The infobox has definitely been a challenge to tame and get it looking good for all articles. There's a lot of custom styles embedded in articles that can cause issues. I will continue working on that to make it look good. If you come across any articles in particular that look bad, please email support@modernwiki.app and I'll have a look and apply some fixes. The sidebar separator will definitely be more modest in the next update (seems to be an issue with Windows showing a placeholder for the scroll bar).

@stevew @ka_e the great suspender, particle for youtube, hoverzoom, stylish just to name a few of the most known ones that I remember; but there are countless smaller extensions that get constantly approached by adware/malware companies trying to exploit their users so yeah... when I see a free extension, that isn't open source, made by an individual that doesn't have anything to to with the service that it's enhancing; I'm skeptical and doubting what are the intentions behind it 🙂

@aexvir @ka_e Thanks for that, I see your point and I will definitely think about releasing the code. But no hidden intentions here or plans to ever sell it to a third party. Just something simple I made for myself and others to enjoy :)