Wikipediaisoneofourfavoritesourcesofaccumulatedknowledge,hatsofftoJimmyWales.
Butfromtheuser'sanddesigner'spointofviewitstillhasroomtoimprove.
That'swhywedecidedtospendtwospringmonthsonthisproject,lookingforthewayshowtomakeitbetter,readeroreditorfriendlier,clearerandaestheticallysatisfying.
Usethescrollbartonavigatefurtherortogoback.
Westartedwiththeworldisapuzzleofknowledgelogo.
...anddecidedtoeliminate,ahem,everythingexcept...
…theletterW,whichis/couldbethemostfamousWinthewholeweb.WisenoughforWikipediatoberecognized.
Thecompoundwordwiki-pedia,isdividedintoitalicandregular.Theitalicwikipartwilllaterbeusedasaprefixforothersub-brands.
Ahugefamilyofvariouswikisisrepresentedbydominantfirstletters.
Allwikipartsarecompiledinthesamepattern–withitalicandregularfontshighlightingthespecificfunction.
Alternatively,itcouldbeusedwithoutthewikiprefix.
Allofthewikiscreateanevermovingsystem…
…anumbrellabrand…
…acluster……ofWikiMedia.
Whichmighthaveeverevolvingconnectionsbetweenitsparts,oneofwhichisWikipedia.
ThehomepageofcurrentWikipediaisovercrowdedwithdisplayoflanguages,whichovershadowsthemainfunctionality–thesearcharea.
Languagesdominatethesearch.
Weproposeareversalofproportions.
HugeWshinesattheheartofit,withadominatingsearchoptiontogetherwithapossibilitytoquicklyswitchbetweenthelanguages.
Wellorganizedsisterprojectssitatthebottomofthepagewithoutscroll.
ThecolorfulheaderofthepageiscoveredinrealtimechangingvisualstatisticsofwhichlanguagesdominatetheWikipediadatabase.
Theredcolor,forexample,indicatesthatthereare1.907.000articlesinGerman.ThemeasurementofthelineisproportionaltothewholesizeoflocalWikipedia.
Rollingoverthetoprightcornerrevealsmoreoptionsforlanguages.
IfoneneedstoquicklyshiftfromWikipediaarticlesto,let'ssay,Wikiquotes,s/hesimplyhastoclickatthebottomofthepage…
...anditreloadsthesamelookwithdifferentcontent.
Basically,therearetworeasonstovisitWikipedia:toreadortocontribute.ReadingfunctionisResearchandcontributioniscalledEdit.
WhenyoureadredefinedWikipedia,youcanchooseafewfunctionalitiesatthetopofthepage.
Historytabmeansreviewingwhatonereads.Youneedtobeloggedinforthis.
ByclickingonHistoryonecanuseanexpandedmenu:addanarticletofavorites,reviewwhatwasread,exportitorsaveitinacomputer.
Reviewbuttongivesatimelinedrevisionofvisited/readarticles.
Quoteservesasafeltpen.
Itcanbeaneasywaytohighlightthebestpartsofanarticle,justlikeintextbooks.
Andsaveitforlater.
ConnectshowsadifferentpointofviewontheinformationinWikipedia.
Itarrangeseverythingintoconnectioncloudswhereonecanendlesslyexploretheconnectionbetweenwords.
WeleaveShareandPrintfunctionalitiesastheywerewithoutanychanges.
TheEditpartofthecurrentWikipediarequirespatienceanddedication,andisquitenoisy.
TheredefinedWikipediaarrangesitallinaclearerway.
Itslivefunctionallowsthearticlestobeeditedinrealtime.
Andseetheresultsrightaway,withuserfriendlymovementofthetext.
Photosorgraphics.
Aswellasthearrangementofthearticles.
Codepartstaysthesame…
…onlyinamorecomprehensiblewayandinlinewiththenewstyle.
SandboxandHistoryremainunchangedandtruetotheoriginalWikipedia.
TheportalofWikipediachangesaccordingly.Itismorecompact.
Thefooterisdistinguishedfromtherestofthesitetohelpuserstofindtheirwayaroundsistersiteseasier.
Wevisualizedthedata,whichisavailabletoallreaders,tomakeitmoreengaging.
Itexplainsthesizeofthemostpopulartopicscomparedtoothers.
Worldvisualizesthenationsoftheworld.IthelpstounifythemapsusedallovertheWikipedia.
Onecanzoomintocountries,towns.AndstillhaveadistinctiveWikipedialook.