-
51 votes
-
Swiss embassy radio
8 votes -
Highlighting text in Wikipedia scrolls up too fast?
To be honest I have some problems explaining what I mean, which might be why I can't find a solution or explanaition for it. I use firefox on Linux and out of habit i highlight text while reading...
To be honest I have some problems explaining what I mean, which might be why I can't find a solution or explanaition for it.
I use firefox on Linux and out of habit i highlight text while reading it. I always did that and it helps me to read a lot faster and to relax my eyes while reading. It's something i don't think i can get rid of, even if I tried, it's just so deeply burned in.
As well I use to scroll the text I'm reading to the top out of the same reasons or maybe it's just habit as well, but I realised I cannot get rid of it as well :-)So no to my problem:
Usually this works flawless, i can highlight text and have the cursor where I'm reading in the topmost visible line. But for some strange reason this does not work in the "new" wikipedia layout. where if I highlight text in the upper third of the page it scrolls upwards quite fast which just fucks up everything and makes my day bad. (this behaviour is not present in the old design which e.g. the germand wikipedia still uses)Is it me?
Is it my browser?
Is there a way to get rid of this, so I can keep my workflow while reading and learing on wikipedia? Is somebody else observing this behaviour?
Where can I even start to look for a solution? I don't even know what to look for.It truly bothers me, as I'm close to every day on it, and it might be my favorite website.
I heard there is a way to switch to the old wikipedia layout, which might be a workaround. But I actually like the new Layout a lot, so if there is a way to avoid that it would be great :-)18 votes -
WikiTok
53 votes -
US documents say Project 2025’s creators The Heritage Foundation want to dox Wikipedia’s volunteer editors of pages related to Palestine conflict using powerful tools
33 votes -
US based The Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
81 votes -
Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court
78 votes -
ADE 651
14 votes -
The editors protecting Wikipedia from AI hoaxes
18 votes -
Wikipedia’s mobile website finally gets a dark mode — here’s how to turn it on
27 votes -
Wikipedia's Philosophy game: A breakdown, and how someone broke it
10 votes -
Wikipedia "AI" Chrome extension
19 votes -
An archive of Wikipedia from Thursday, December 20, 2001
18 votes -
The Hofmann Wobble - Wikipedia and the problem of historical memory
6 votes -
Making Reddit remove content with EU law vs using a script
14 votes -
US Supreme Court declines to hear Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to National Security Agency mass surveillance
8 votes -
Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for 'blasphemous content'
5 votes -
Unpopular opinion: Wikipedia's old look was much better than the new one
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect. But having said that, I feel...
I say that after throwing some caution to air because I understand that every new thing has some initial resistance or pushback due to the "past comfort zone" effect.
But having said that, I feel the aesthetics of the old site was much better than the new one. But then again, I'm from the old-school world who also prefers old reddit to the new one in browsing experience, so my opinion could be biased! But even considering the modern web design, don't you think the black icons on the top right have a somewhat odd look? And the "21 languages" feels a bit verbose, the I10N icon already conveys what that dropdown is about? And finally, that scrollable sidebar on the left looks a tad ugly?
I just hope this is just a beta stage or something of Wikipedia's new version and a better one will evolve soon! But that's just one humble unpopular opinion, me thinks!
15 votes -
A ragtag community is keeping this aughts Wikipedia gadget alive
7 votes -
Wikipedia Speedruns
19 votes -
Evidence suggests Wikipedia is accurate and reliable. When are we going to start taking it seriously?
17 votes -
She spent a decade writing fake Russian history. Wikipedia just noticed.
8 votes -
Wikipedia is declining: In defense of inclusionism (2018)
11 votes -
Integrating using light
9 votes -
High readability Wikipedia
9 votes -
Wikipedia is finally asking Big Tech to pay up
21 votes -
The great Wikipedia titty scandal
36 votes -
Wikipedia turns twenty years old
18 votes -
Almost Wikipedia: Eight early encyclopedia projects and the mechanisms of collective action
9 votes -
How a raccoon became an aardvark
7 votes -
Appropriate technology
6 votes -
The English Wikipedia has reached 6,000,000 articles
21 votes -
FYI, Wikipedia is discontinuing support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1
Hey everyone, I noticed accessing Wikipedia today that my old version of the app no longer loaded any pages, so I tried checking with my stock browser and it displayed a warning that Wikipedia is...
Hey everyone,
I noticed accessing Wikipedia today that my old version of the app no longer loaded any pages, so I tried checking with my stock browser and it displayed a warning that Wikipedia is dropping support for anything that can't negotiate TLS 1.2. I haven't seen any articles on it yet online, so just thought I'd holler a mention.
8 votes -
Thousands flock to Wikipedia founder's 'Facebook rival'
30 votes -
Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales has quietly launched a Facebook rival social network named WT:Social
56 votes -
The culture war has finally come for Wikipedia
35 votes -
The North Face and Leo Burnett Tailor Made manipulated Wikipedia for marketing purposes
22 votes -
Wikipedia’s refusal to profile a Black female scientist shows its diversity problem
13 votes -
The language Wikipedias in German, Czech, Danish, and Slovak are "blacked out" for twenty-four hours to protest the EU Copyright Directive
14 votes -
Facebook, Axios and NBC paid to manage their reputation on Wikipedia
11 votes -
Should you donate to the Wikimedia Foundation?
11 votes -
A third of Wikipedia discussions are stuck in forever beefs
18 votes -
The Internet Archive fixes nine million broken links on Wikipedia
16 votes -
Russian Wikipedia reaches 1,500,000 articles
15 votes -
Wikipedia is now (in terms of hours of work), the largest collaborative human endeavour ever undertaken.
37 votes -
Wikipedia blacked out across Europe in protest against laws that could change the internet forever
18 votes -
Wikipedia makes the case for Google and Facebook to give back to the Commons, rather than just take
11 votes -
The EU's copyright proposal is extremely bad news for everyone, even (especially!) Wikipedia
8 votes