Userscript to dodge Wiktionary's ugly new look

[Tharthan]

Wiktionary held off for quite a while, but sadly it has now adopted that ugly makeunder that Wikipedia has adopted.

In order to dodge this misbegotten alteration, one can use this Greasemonkey script:

Code: Select all

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Vector for Wiktionary
// @namespace   wiki1
// @include     https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/*
// @run-at document-start
// @version     1
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

  if(window.location.href.indexOf('useskin=vector') < 0)
    window.location.replace(
      window.location.href + 
      ((window.location.href.indexOf('?') < 0) ? '?':'&') +
      'useskin=vector'
    );

I just wanted to share that with any Pale Moon community member who uses Wiktionary somewhat regularly like I do.

[Lucio Chiappetti]

Not a Wiktionary user, but I was always annoyed by the "new Wikipedia skin" used systematically in the English wiki, and now sneaking through also in the Italian one (random pages). My solution was to use a bookmarklet in the Bookmark toolbar.

Code: Select all

javascript:var%20url%20=%20new%20URL(location.href);%20url.searchParams.set('useskin',%20'vector');%20location.href%20=%20url;

[back2themoon]

I strongly recommend the one below. It covers all wik* websites, has some nice extras and was updated yesterday.

Vector Layout for Wikipedia (Fast)

[Mæstro]

I use URL redirections which append ?useskin=monobook after the address to achieve the same results without scripts or creating a Wikipedia account. I have implemented this piecemeal, so there are some pages which are not yet covered, but I believe one could expand my method to cover all cases.

[back2themoon]

Your solution is interesting. One of the nice features of the userscript above, is its ability to remove that ugly "?useskin=vector" addition from the URL (in the case of WikiPedia), if one wants to cleanly share or store the link for example.

[Tharthan]

I strongly recommend the one below. It covers all wik* websites, has some nice extras and was updated yesterday.

Vector Layout for Wikipedia (Fast)

Thank you for that.

I have replaced the previous scripts that I had been using with that one.