On 2/5/08, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
A web browser specifically designed for reading Wikipedia. (As opposed to AutoWikiBrowser, which is a web browser specifically designed for editing Wikipedia.)
The idea's good. Magnus wrote something similar. I wish someone would develop it a bit further.
What's good: - images help with random exploration - list of links is a *great* way to hone in on something you only know of vaguely. - fixed contents box
What's not: - only being able to see a chunk of text at a time - seems like some of the links are actually links to images, and the result is totally mangled. - clunky, amateurish
In general, I think it makes a lot of sense to browse wikipedia wiht a fixed GUI, rather than downloading it all again on each page.
Steve