Wikipedia adds page previews
Wikipedia has added page previews for desktop users, which is one of the largest changes the website has made in recent years.
The page previews feature allows users to get a quick grasp of what’s behind a link without committing to a click-through.
Page previews solves the problem of readers needing to go back and forth between articles or opening multiple tabs to gain an understanding of a word or concept.
Wikipedia said the goal of page previews is to decrease the cost of exploration for each blue link a reader comes across.
Readers can now easily satisfy their curiosity or clarify a confusing or unknown topic without the burden of opening a new page and navigating back to the original.
Users can now hover their cursor over hyperlinked text in a Wikipedia page to read the first few sentences and see an image.
“You can then decide if you’d like to click through to read even more,” it said.
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