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Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

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Re: Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

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Post by Gualdrapo »

redox99 wrote: post #8

Is there a reason why it looks like Temu's Windows XP? Copyright concerns I guess?

Not sure why they downvoted you because you have a point - icons are not the same as Windows XP's, wallpaper flat color reminds me more of Win 95/98 and the taskbar design has some details that do not match precisely with Windows XP's. I'd also bet it's due to copyright concerns

Re: Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

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Post by darkwater »

cheschire wrote: post #39
hliyan wrote: post #28

Incredibly beautiful, possibly because it maps so well to the mental model we typically use to organize knowledge in our heads. I don't know how we lost the folder/container vs. document/content iconography, and other things (like layout of items, sorting) during the shift to web applications.

Knowledge doesn’t neatly align to a nested hierarchy. Especially written knowledge. Language is an imperfect means to convey knowledge, and people store that knowledge in subjective and highly personal ways. You may mentally recall balloons within “entertainment” or “party”, whereas I might store that knowledge under “horror”. Add onto that the massive focus on using graph theory to scale social networking technologi…

A folder system doesn't have to be strictly rigid, you can still have "symlinks" so the same article appearing in different folders (aka labels if you can easily duplicate content inside folders, but you retain the nested, drill-down approach)

Re: Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

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Post by moffkalast »

Ok this is a genuinely perfect way to research an entire field by article instead of having to jump recursively link to link and forgetting what you were doing 5 minutes ago.

I've never seen wikipedia from this categorized vantage point. If we're being real their UX is kinda crap outside the usual search->article->link flow and could use a complete rework.

Re: Explore Wikipedia Like a Windows XP Desktop

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Post by agilek »

cheschire wrote: post #39
hliyan wrote: post #28

Incredibly beautiful, possibly because it maps so well to the mental model we typically use to organize knowledge in our heads. I don't know how we lost the folder/container vs. document/content iconography, and other things (like layout of items, sorting) during the shift to web applications.

Knowledge doesn’t neatly align to a nested hierarchy. Especially written knowledge. Language is an imperfect means to convey knowledge, and people store that knowledge in subjective and highly personal ways. You may mentally recall balloons within “entertainment” or “party”, whereas I might store that knowledge under “horror”. Add onto that the massive focus on using graph theory to scale social networking technologi…

Yes, and it sad the search in this UI doesn’t work…
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