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Could you explain to me how indeed a desktop reader app for Wikipedia might work better than just, say, opening up Wikipedia in a tab?
Keep in mind that I'm not saying there's no point to it, since the fact that it exists means there is clearly a use case. I'm just wondering what that use case is.
Yeah, 100% of the time I end up on Wikipedia is from clicking a link on google and whatnot, I never actually open Wikipedia then search it with their search thing
AFAIK you can do all of the same things in your browser but I find it simpler, neater and faster to have all my Wikipedia tabs and bookmarks in their own application. It's themed for GNOME too and is easy on the eye which is pleasant.
That is very fair!
The speed of opening a standalone app instead of opening a browser and searching through bookmarks. Also I think this app is nice to install for someone who's very unfamiliar with computers.
Fair enough.
For me, I just set up Wikipedia as one of the search engines, with the search shortcut
wiki(you can change this to anything you want) and so typingwiki [keyword]in the address bar will do the same thing as searchingsite:wikipedia.org [keyword].No need to mess with bookmarks and I don't have to open up the page (or an app) & then search.
Not sure if you can do this with Chromium-based browsers, but I use a Firefox fork and it's pretty damned easy on it.
It could work better because a web browser is the most bloated useless bug ridden insecure creeping horror ever invented.
Although I suspect this is just a web browser with some extra chrome.
I think it might be because of the extra chrome. Lol. xD
Because, for example, I use LibreWolf with uBlock Origin, NoScript, Decentraleyes, and a small number of other privacy-/security-related extensions and mine seems pretty clean.
The first use-case that came to mind for me is research. A distraction-free dedicated application for wikipedia could be a great way to keep organized, especially if new features are added and expanded upon over time that go beyond the typical browser experience.
It’s not a workflow for everyone and if wikipedia is something that’s usually just accessed through other search engines then this probably won’t be all that useful to you.
That seems reasonable. If it's in a browser tab, you could easily get distracted by other, non-work-related tabs.