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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

Could you explain to me how indeed a desktop reader app for Wikipedia might work better than just, say, opening up Wikipedia in a tab?

Keep in mind that I'm not saying there's no point to it, since the fact that it exists means there is clearly a use case. I'm just wondering what that use case is.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I don't get it either. Maybe the app integrates better into the system. I personally want to make use of my addons in Wikipedia as well, so the browser is the best Wikipedia reader to me.

Offtopic, kind of related: Another application called Kiwix and it's available library. Its not specifically for Wikipedia, so there are other stuff too. Its kind of a book reader that allows downloading the entirety of Wikipedia in example 94 GB, English version with images, set from 2023-05-17. There are smaller sets too. The point is, you have it offline! Stack Overflow with 74 GB is also available. I thought that I bring this up here, because anyone clicking this post might be interested into it too.

[–] chebra@mstdn.io 7 points 1 year ago

@thingsiplay Kiwix was amazing for me during traveling, because I could browse Wikivoyage offline in a bus or plane and plan my next move.

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