Very interesting article!

  • Victor@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    People not having the Wikipedia app baffles me. Sharing from there gives you reasonable links.

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      3 months ago

      Why use an app when there’s a web site? In case of Wikipedia I fail to see any functional benefit for an app.

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        3 months ago

        The app has offline capabilities and to save articles on a named list. I use it as a reference when forgetting something or to save the list type article as a starting point when researching a software to use. Or just generally a reading material when on the go (yes, I find reading wikipedia articles entertaining)

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        3 months ago

        Better reading experience overall. Compartmentalizing all my Wikipedia reading so as not to mix it with my other many open tabs. (Wikipedia app has tabs, too.) Sections are not collapsed by default. Easier to search on the page by default than in the browser.

        I can probably go on it I made a more in-depth comparison after using the web version for a bit…

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            3 months ago

            Time? Pff, no clue. But I look things up all the time and don’t have time to finish articles the first time round, ever (two kids under six).

            So it’s great to have and get back to articles.

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            3 months ago

            My man, I think I have over a hundred tabs and saved wikipedia articles alone that I always refer to when needed. The app works great for me

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              3 months ago

              I would assume, and hope, it works really well for such usage. I only tend to end up on Wikipedia a couple of times a week, and 95% of that is on my desktop to have a quick look at something I won’t be getting back to ever again.