http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:39:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-8445 dewdew Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:21:12 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/#comment-8445 It's best to read and edit Wikipedia with Mozilla Firefox because that browser doesn't automatically reload the page when you use the "back" function (to go back to previously viewed pages). I briefly check the contribution history before seriously reading an article to see whether or not an IP was the last person to contribute (if so, then I compare the revisions). Then I use the "go back" function to view the page without it reloading it in case someone else has made another edit in that brief amount of time. I used to do so using MSN Explorer, but then it updated so that it reloads the page when going back (I learned this to my dismay when I went back to an edit page I hadn't saved yet; now I have to preview the page first when using that browser). It’s best to read and edit Wikipedia with Mozilla Firefox because that browser doesn’t automatically reload the page when you use the “back” function (to go back to previously viewed pages). I briefly check the contribution history before seriously reading an article to see whether or not an IP was the last person to contribute (if so, then I compare the revisions). Then I use the “go back” function to view the page without it reloading it in case someone else has made another edit in that brief amount of time. I used to do so using MSN Explorer, but then it updated so that it reloads the page when going back (I learned this to my dismay when I went back to an edit page I hadn’t saved yet; now I have to preview the page first when using that browser).

]]> http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-6549 Cyde Weys Sun, 12 Aug 2007 21:04:41 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/#comment-6549 Darmok: Yup, I have seen that comic, and I was even thinking of linking to it from this post, but then forgot. Darmok: Yup, I have seen that comic, and I was even thinking of linking to it from this post, but then forgot.

]]> http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-6543 Darmok Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:52:30 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/11/how-best-to-read-wikipedia/#comment-6543 I can't recall: have you ever seen this <a href="http://xkcd.com/214/" rel="nofollow">XKCD comic</a>? It definitely fits your post. I can’t recall: have you ever seen this XKCD comic? It definitely fits your post.

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