Update: I've now added ability to change language. Just go to
'Options' (from the extensions page) and enter your language code (hi
for hindi, etc). Needs a big UX liftup though.

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Yuvi Panda <yuvipanda@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been working for a few hours on a Chrome extension to add links
> to Indic Language Wiki pages when searching in Google. It hooks into
> Google's search results, and if it finds an enwiki article (to which a
> tawiki interwiki link also exists), it'll display it side by side.
> Screenshot here: http://min.us/mbmIeeUOb8y00p#1
>
> You can test the extension by installing it from here:
> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gpoogepkjnjfmpijnpaocncdjbedaeeo/
>
> It is open source, and the code is available here:
> https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/. You can file issues here
> https://github.com/yuvipanda/yenWikipedia/issues/.
>
> Known issues:
> 1. Doesn't work when Google Instant is turned on (turn it off)
> 2. Doesn't work for some country specific subdomains (which don't have
> /search url part. Current solution: use google.com :P)
> 3. Currently hardcoded to display links to tawiki only (Will have to
> build an options dialog to support other languages)
> 4. Needs a better logo (Help in this department would be highly appreciated :) )
>
> I think this is one step forward in fixing the search issue -
> discovering content in Indic Language wikis is now easier.
>
> Thanks to Srikanth Lakshmanan for alpha testing.
>
> Feedback welcome :)
>
> P.S. I'm also working on a Firefox version of this addon. Stay tuned :)
>
> --
> Yuvi Panda T
> http://yuvi.in/blog
>

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