Wikipedia is Getting Its frst Redesign in 10 years, its desktop site is set to become more modern, bringing features such as narrower reading width, a friendlier and more intuitive search, logo redesign and more.
According to Tech News, the new update will aim to make Wikipedia a more approachable website. Conceived nearly two decades ago, the present design is still based on the desktop internet era. That it has given a glimpse of how each of the new elements would appear like, it is yet to publish a prototype view of all the elements taken together.
However, based on what the general design shows, it is mostly an incremental update that aims to add responsive elements to Wikipedia’s pages, instead of overhauling the entire website.
In contrast, it will also add an easy one-click button to switch the language for a page you’re reading.
It will also add improvements to the in-site search tool to make it easier to find other pages and will reconfigure the logo to make it smaller on each Wikipedia page.
On other hand, Wikimedia, the organization managing Wikipedia explained that it had kept the site stuck with the current site design all this while to avoid overwhelming users with features. Now, it wants to modernize the interface while keeping its core identity.
The organization has already started testing these features with early adopter Wikis such as Hebrew , Farsi and French Wikipedia.
Also, this project is not straightforward and Wikimedia expects it to be completed and rolled out across different Wikis by the end of 2021. The reason for the slow rollout is to allow people to get used to some of these features gradually.
Noteworthy, Wikipedia one of the most accessed websites for the better part of the new millennium’s first decade. This held true at least until the bigger internet boom came along, and brought with it the mobile-first internet generation.
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