Low-Distraction Wikipedia Mirror
THIS IS PRIMARILY A DESKTOP EXPERIENCE. It kinda works on mobile, but it's not nearly as thought through. https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/article/Hacker_News This is a re-implementation of a thing I was experimenting with a few years ago earlier. I find the blue links of Wikipedia very distracting, and my attention starts skipping around when I read text that is busy like that. Gone are inline links, footnotes, most references, many tables, all images. I removed all the distractions on a what-if basis. I've also experimented with designing the encyclopedia around…
Low-Distraction Wikipedia Mirror launched on May 6, 2023 with 5 votes, #2,303 of 4,910 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
THIS IS PRIMARILY A DESKTOP EXPERIENCE. It kinda works on mobile, but it's not nearly as thought through. https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/article/Hacker_News This is a re-implementation of a thing I was experimenting with a few years ago earlier. I find the blue links of Wikipedia very…
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