Due to Wikipedia no longer serving its API over plaintext HTTP, a plaintext-to-TLS proxy is required to forward requests. Currently this defaults to using a free Cloudflare worker that I've setup, but the settings dialog in the application allows changing this to a private proxy if so desired (or perhaps some actual host on wikipedia.org if they ever support plaintext again).
No translation or conversion is done server-side. Wikipedia Reader accesses the raw Wikitext markup of an article through the Wikipedia API, parses the markup, converts UTF-8 to MacRoman, and displays the text. Basic formatting such as bold, italic, underline, and header sizes are supported, and clicking on a hyperlink to another article will jump to that article.
Wikipedia Reader for System 6 and up has been released. It allows you to retrieve Wikipedia articles via their API and read them on your vintage Macintosh.
Or in the words of the author:
Due to Wikipedia no longer serving its API over plaintext HTTP, a
plaintext-to-TLS proxy is required to forward requests. Currently
this defaults to using a free Cloudflare worker that I've setup, but
the settings dialog in the application allows changing this to a
private proxy if so desired (or perhaps some actual host on
wikipedia.org if they ever support plaintext again).
No translation or conversion is done server-side. Wikipedia Reader
accesses the raw Wikitext markup of an article through the Wikipedia
API, parses the markup, converts UTF-8 to MacRoman, and displays the
text. Basic formatting such as bold, italic, underline, and header
sizes are supported, and clicking on a hyperlink to another article
will jump to that article.
Info & download: http://jcs.org/2023/10/17/wikipedia
Disclaimer: I'm not the author, nor in any way affiliated. Just passing
on the info to my fellow vintage Mac enthusiasts.
Wikipedia Reader for System 6 and up has been released. It allows[...]
you to retrieve Wikipedia articles
Info & download: http://jcs.org/2023/10/17/wikipedia
Disclaimer: I'm not the author, nor in any way affiliated. Just
passing on the info to my fellow vintage Mac enthusiasts.
Wikipedia is getting to politically biased these daysi
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