Modern for Wikipedia

A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Wikipedia

5.0•1 review•

27 followers

A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Wikipedia

5.0•1 review•

27 followers

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Enhance your Wikipedia experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable. Once installed, this free extension will simply apply the new look and features to existing Wikipedia article pages, without you having to do anything.

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Launch tags:Chrome Extensions•Productivity•Education

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@stevew have you considered making this open source? 🤔️ it's a free chrome extension and in this day and age I'm skeptical when I see something for free that is closed source; it makes me think of hidden intentions I've seen too many times legit extensions being sold to third parties that ended up exploiting the user base

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5yr ago

@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 🙂

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5yr ago

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Maker

@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 :)

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5yr ago

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Maker

Hey PH, I made this free browser extension that modernizes the Wikipedia design. I started making this for myself just because I wanted more of a "reader mode" like experience (narrower column, nicer fonts, dark mode etc). Then I got a bit carried away and implemented everything I could think of for a modern redesign of Wikipedia. Hope you like it!

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5yr ago

@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.

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5yr ago

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Maker

@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...

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5yr ago

@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 :)

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5yr ago

Martenly

+1 upvote, question: can I somehow expand the content area? On my display it seems to be a bit narrow

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5yr ago

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Maker

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

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5yr ago

Martenly

@stevew cheers

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5yr ago

Great extension, I like it! It would be great if it follows the color system theme changing themes, I use DarkReader and WinDynamicDesktop for the rest of websites and background that follows the AutoDarkMode time scheme for dark/light system themes.

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5yr ago

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Maker

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

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5yr ago

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Maker

@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.

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5yr ago

I love this redesign. It's clean and simple. Absolutely love it. I think however the infobox in the article page could use a bit more of love, because it's a bit chaotic right now. Also the separator for the sidebar with the contents could be more modest. But the redesign is really good. I will use it as a reference for clean and good design for articles for sure. Great job!

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5yr ago

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Maker

@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).

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5yr ago

looks clean and modern! I like the minimalism in your design, nothing unnecessary! Great job, keep it up ;)

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5yr ago

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Good job Steve, I just think if rather than asking for donation for nothing If they would had offered this premium experience more people would have donated

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5yr ago

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