Hoi, It was not a small laptop screen, the screen was big enough... I blogged about it and included screenshots. Thanks, GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2012/07/can-everybody-read-wikipedia.html On 14 July 2012 19:21, Svip <svi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 14 July 2012 18:12, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Yesterday I wanted to make a point to a friend. I tried to do it by > having > > the facts that are sourced in the Wikipedia article read by the person > who > > did not have the information available. Reading the article did not > really > > happen because of the problems with the lay-out as presented on the > screen > > of a laptop. > > That must be a tiny laptop screen. I really have not experienced > Wikipedia being difficult to read, and I have read it in _any_ > browser; on phones (both smartphones and non-smartphones); text-based > browsers; through obscure terminals, and yes laptops and desktops. > Wikipedia is one of the few websites that actually puts its content > above its clutter. Essentially; if you have trouble reading > Wikipedia, you are going have a lot of trouble browsing the web. > > > Wikipedia is the encyclopaedia everyone can edit. Not everybody does > read. > > It is like the issues with Wikibooks and Wikisource, we care about > editing > > and the reading is largely a by product. > > Well, I personally think that is the wrong philosophy. Wikipedia - > and wikis in general - should be about the readers first, and the > editors first. Why? Because essentially all editors are readers as > well, and the whole reason we are all here to edit is for someone else > to read it. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l