Wikipedia has added a useful new feature: page previews. The Wikimedia Foundation says it is "one of the biggest changes to Wikipedia in recent years" and provides readers with a pop-up window that lists some of the text of the article.
So reading any Wikipedia page can turn into an endless journey that can take you to places you didn't expect. This exploration can be a fun, and informative adventure, but it can also be distracting, especially if the article you're working on click not really useful.
See the image below:
The new page previews show an image and a few sentences that briefly describe the article when you hover over the link. This way you will be able to decide whether you should click on the link or not. Clicking on the popup will take you to that article and if you move it mouse you, it will disappear.
Wikimedia reports that it conducted extensive testing during the duration ανάπτυξης της νέας λειτουργίας και διαπίστωσε ότι οι περισσότεροι users they didn't turn it off. It also found that “each reader interacted with the content of more pages while navigating the site” and that overall page views dropped significantly.
This seems to mean that users find it useful information from pop-ups, so they visit fewer pages.
The new feature seems to work in Greek version of the online encyclopedia.
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