Nomulous Blog » wikipedia http://nomulous.com/blog Caveat Lector Wed, 07 Sep 2011 21:04:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The public beta of Wikipedia’s new interface announced http://nomulous.com/blog/the-public-beta-of-wikipedias-new-interface-announced/ http://nomulous.com/blog/the-public-beta-of-wikipedias-new-interface-announced/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:07:16 +0000 nomulous http://nomulous.com/blog/?p=263 Ahh, that’s why. The reason Wikipedia has been acting like 4chan on a bad day is that they were upgrading their software, and now we know exactly what part was upgraded.

Pretty!

Pretty!

They added a little link at the top of the page entitled “Try Beta”. If you click on it, and log in, you’ll be able to switch your current interface for a brand spanking new look n’ feel. It looks nice, but I’m not sure whether I’m happy about sacrificing the speed and simplicity of the current design just for a few whistles and shiny menu bars.

Edit: Apparently the wonkiness was actually related to something else. The new look is still pretty cool though.

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Wikipedia Error Page

Technically it's Wikimedia, but still.

 

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