There has been a revolutionary development for Wikipedia, one of the most popular information sources in the world. The developer team, which has been working on a new design for a while to make the online encyclopedia more usable, has released a new interface for Wikipedia as of today. The interface, which has been changed for the first time in 11 years, now focuses more on visuality.
As a matter of fact, Wikipedia’s design was not recreated. However, the work done has made the platform much easier to use. Now, when entering an article, a much simpler “Contents” section will welcome the user. Also, language switching is now much easier. Let’s take a look at the new design details on Wikipedia together.
You will see thumbnails of the term you searched for
One of the biggest design innovations on Wikipedia has to do with the search tab at the top of the page. After that, searching for a term will show suggested titles as of the moment the first letter was pressed. Moreover, there will be small images on the left side of these titles.
The “Contents” section will follow you
Users will see a very simple Table of Contents on the left side of Wikipedia. Moreover, this section will follow the user. In this way, there will be no need to scroll with the mouse to switch from one title to another. This will make Wikipedia easier to use.
Wikipedia has a structure that can present the same article in different languages. Users could see different language versions of the same article in the past. Now there has been a slight change in this. Users will be able to see language options right next to the article title. In this way, changing languages will be easier than ever…
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