So Wikipedia has a new layout and it's awful.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Maybe it'll be better for other people but this is noooot doing it for me. It looks like when you'd mistakenly load up a 2012 mobile site on a computer.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Yeah, it sucks.

When I first saw it, I thought I had clicked a mobile link. It is not good at all for anything that's not mobile.

[schma]

It looks the same to me. Well I guess the wikipedia homepage is different but I almost never look at that. I typically look up something specific and click the wiki link.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Jan 19, 2023 9:23:41 GMT -5 schma said:

It looks the same to me. Well I guess the wikipedia homepage is different but I almost never look at that. I typically look up something specific and click the wiki link.

Apparently it's gradually rolling out page to page so you might've not seen it yet. I saw it on the Supercard of Honor page myself.

[tafkaga]

Looking with web browser. Other than content heading shortcuts on the left side, it looks the same to me. Seems quicker to navigate if I just want to jump to a certain section.

[WoodStoner1]

Changing for sake of change? In other words, Thursday for the Internet.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

This is what they do with all the money they begged for?

[Kalmia]

Jan 19, 2023 9:10:12 GMT -5 Jedi-El of Tomorrow said:

Yeah, it sucks.

When I first saw it, I thought I had clicked a mobile link. It is not good at all for anything that's not mobile.

That's exactly what I thought as well.

I like having the contents on the left-hand menu as it makes navigation easier, but the frame is too wide, I think.

[salz4life]

It definitely looks like "old"... but the website functions so I can live with it.

[Hurbster]

It's all squished in the middle of my monitor, almost as if the sidebars will be full of ads at some point

[Hit Girl]

It's shit, just like all unnecessary tech and site changes nobody asked for or wanted.

[pinja]

It seems to be regional changes. I noticed some months ago that the French Wikipedia is different from both the German and the English one. Now the English one changed, but the German still has the usual layout.

[Red Mage Riot]

It's functional, but ugly. I'm not a fan.

[Push R Truth]

I want to email them and get refunded on my donation. This blows goats.

[ayumidah]

yeah I have a couple wiki pages bookmarked and they removed some quick click links. Unfortunate.

[Cyno]

Literally nothing had to change with the Wikipedia layout. It was fine.

Typical tech industry. Fix what isn't broken and make it worse.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Jan 19, 2023 12:42:52 GMT -5 Red Mage Riot said:

It's functional, but ugly. I'm not a fan.

Agreed. Having the article contents available on the left-hand menu is an improvement, but the overall design is poor.

[Savage Gambino]

I find it very validating that both the OP and first response thought the exact same thing I did.

New Wikipedia looks like the mobile version of itself. It sucks, bring back old Wikipedia.

[jason1980s]

As usual, someone makes a change that wasn't needed. It's not awful but it sure isn't user friendly or attractive. I haven't checked them in a while but every once in a while I'll see an actor on TV or here a name and want to look. This new layout makes me not want to look at all. I'll just google and find another site. I've gotten enough from them that I should have donated but glad I didn't. I don't buy the whole act they put on when they make donation requests to seem like they are totally a free site. I'm sure someone is making big bucks. I'm sure whoever was put in charge of this design got a nice pay day and like many who destroy a company or destroy something once special. If something is perfect or close to perfect for so long, why change?
Just like CEOs who destroy companies beyond repair.

Edit: I just looked at a page and it looks like it's mostly back to normal.

Edit again: on one of my computers yesterday morning it still had the old format but now on both it's the new format. It isn't awful, it may even make things easier to navigate but I just like the old format better, I think it looked nicer too.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

If you want to use the old layout, just go to preferences and choose "Vector legacy (2010)" as the skin. Or choose one of the other layouts the site has had since 2001.