Wikipedia Beautifier makes the encyclopedia more readable, removes clutter
Wikipedia Beautifier is an extension for Google Chrome that removes all the clutter from Wikipedia and lets you focus on the most important aspect of the online encyclopedia: its content. Wikipedia Beautifier has been inspired by Readability, and aims to provide the same amount of article-centered beauty, while also keeping the familiar navigation menus within reach.
After you've installed the extension, all Wikipedia pages will look as good as the one in the image above. If you need to use any of Wikipedia's navigation elements, fret not. They will neatly fade back in if you just mouse over the top or the left of the page.
Wikipedia Beautifier changes the content fonts to big, serif fonts, justifies text, and adds automatic hyphenation. It also makes various margin adjustments that result in things just lining up in nicer ways on Wikipedia pages.
If you use Wikipedia daily, appreciate the information it provides but not its design, and generally enjoy beautiful fonts and minimalism, this is a must-try. And since the navigation options fade in when you want them to, you don't even have to sacrifice usability for beauty and cleanliness.
Download Wikipedia Beautifier from GitHub













Comments
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Subscribe to commentsthekohserMar 25th 2011 3:17PM
Is there an extension that would just make a Wikipedia page fade to white if the page is not accurate or reliable?
lake54Mar 26th 2011 6:42AM
@thekohser so you want to make the whole of wikipedia white? :-) "reliable". I know I know, in the main, it is reliable, but I couldn't resist.
Liam K.Mar 26th 2011 12:59AM
Is this compatible with the SSL (HTTPS) version of Wikipedia?
Timothy Stiffler-DeanMar 25th 2011 11:01PM
What about just using Readbility? Comes with a lot more features and works with any website that is text-heavy.
Garbled ZombieMar 25th 2011 11:20PM
There have been Userstyles doing exactly this for years now, by the bye.
Jason L.Mar 26th 2011 12:16PM
You don't really need a extension for this. Just extract the css from .crx file by changing the extension to .zip and use it as a custom css in Wikipedia preferences.
Virtual Data RoomMar 26th 2011 3:57PM
9i
tamMar 26th 2011 4:02PM
Is there any app which tells the internet connectivity?