german wikipedia: good, practical, looks the way that wikipedia has always looked, i know what to do here, yes this is wikipedia
english wikipedia: ugly, too much whitespace, i always have to search for where the index went because it’s in the space that i have learned to ignore because that’s where 99% of websites place only ads and sponsored content
but then i train myself to use the layout from english wikipedia and then i end up on german wikipedia again and then i am AGAIN having to figure out where the index went
the way that the internet has trained me to ignore ads and sponsored content is impacting my ability to parse legitimate content on honest websites a lot, actually.
like for example, a lot of wikis place important tips in a little highlighted box.
little highlighted boxes is something i specifically ignore, because that’s an ad.
earlier today i ended up on a blog. i could not find the content. the top bar had categories. i clicked on the category i wanted. a descriptive text was all i could see. i could not find any links to entries in the category.
because my brain completely refused to interpret the big fucking fat boxes with pictures on both sides of the descriptive text as relevant information. that’s where ads and clickbait go.
i feel like the people who design honest, non-exploitative websites should take these kinds of problems into consideration more strongly