Wikipedia is considered one of the best/worst Internet rabbit holes. How many hours have you lost just clicking on link after link after link, when you only set out to research who was the guy who played the principal in High School Musical. That’s alright if you were just casually browsing through Wikipedia (as we always do). But if you’re doing research for school or you need to finish writing an article while researching, then it becomes a problem. That is one of the problems that the latest update of Wikipedia for Android aims to solve.

Instead of having to click on that link and leaving the page, you now can see a preview of the article from that link. You can find out whether you really need to leave the page and go there, or if the info on the preview is already enough for you. You can read a snippet of the article and even see some images. Now if you’ve already found out what you need to know, then just stick to the page you’re in and continue to research whatever it is you’re doing.

Another new feature that will make your researching easier is tabbed browsing. Instead of clicking the link and leaving the page, you can now just open it in another tab. Just long press the link and it will automatically open in a new tab. You also now have a language switcher on the right of the search bar so you can choose to use your native language when browsing Wikipedia.

The update is now rolling out for Wikipedia for Android users, so check the Google Play page if it has already arrived for you. Just remember, when doing research, don’t just use it as your only source since after all, it is partially crowd-sourced.

VIA: The Next Web

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