Years ago, to find any information, we used huge encyclopedias separated into volumes that decorated our living room. Things have changed a lot since then thanks to the Internet, and as far as information is concerned, here is the Wikipedia plays a very important role.
In these times, many of us use our favorite web browser to inform us about both present and past events. It is undeniable that the Internet is full of information that can be of great help to us on most occasions. Despite all the sources that we can use at the moment, there is no doubt that Wikipedia is one of the most important and used in the entire globe.
We tell you all this because it is digital encyclopedia known around the globe has just undergone a major change. Specifically, we mean that now it has a new look to improve both its consultation and the creation of content. It must be taken into account that Wikipedia is a free and collaborative encyclopedia that today contains more than 58 million articles.
These are spread over more than 300 languages and they are written by volunteers from all over the world. To these impressive data we can add that the articles that we are discussing are visited around 16,000 million times a month. Therefore, we could say that its importance is beyond doubt. Now, for the first time in more than ten years we are going to find that Wikipedia has a new look. Its creators have included a series of improvements to the desktop interface to make it easier to use, something that is extensible for both readers and users. collaborators.
News that we see now on Wikipedia
It is for all this that we are going to talk about the most important news that you will find in this universal online encyclopedia. First of all, it is worth noting a new table of contents which greatly facilitates the exploration through the millions of articles that we find here. the renewed design It helps us to know in which section we are at that moment. This remains visible as we scroll. It is also worth noting that the change of languages has been improved in case we want to consult content in different languages.
In order to improve the experience regarding the reading the articlesnow Wikipedia has a max line width, which facilitates these query tasks. Changing the third, without a doubt one of the most important elements here is the content search engine. Well, now this has been improved so that we can locate articles and images in a much more effective and fast way.
One of the most important changes that we are going to find in the new Wikipedia interface is the drop-down sidebar that we find today. It allows us to hide or see the extensive menu to the left of each item. As you can imagine, all this will help us to visualize the information that we need again today at a certain moment, and also to read without distractions.
