Wikipedia gets its first makeover
One of the top most-visited sites, Wikipedia, just got its first makeover on a desktop after almost a decade. The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the resource-based website, announced that the new interface was aimed to make the site more easy and accessible with additional features. The new additions have included an improved search, a more prominently located tool for switching between languages, an updated header offering access to commonly used links, an updated table of contents section for Wikipedia articles, and other design changes and improvements for a better reading experience. The new design has already been launched on hundreds of language versions of the site but is just now rolling out for Wikipedia English, reported Tech Crunch. Though subtle, the changes were deemed necessary by the foundation to keep up with the next generation of internet users, especially those unfamiliar with the internet. The improved search box will use both images and descriptions in its ...