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{{short description|iPad app for browsing Wikipedia}}
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'''WikiNodes''' is an app for the [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] [[iPad]] built by [[Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement|IDEA.org]].<ref>[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-06-13/In the news|Wikipedia's 'The Signpost']] 13 June 2011, In the news.</ref> WikiNodes was the first tablet app for browsing [[Wikipedia]] using a [[radial tree]] approach to visualize how articles and subsections of articles are interrelated. The app displays related items (articles or sections of an article), which spread on the screen, as a spiderweb of icons.<ref>Mossberg, Walt. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204226204576598870117070318 "Encyclopaedia Britannica Now Fits Into an App"], 28 September 2011. ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''. {{subscription required}} The article mentions WikiNodes, while discussing the Britannica app, noting that "This kind of visual array of related items isn’t a new idea. In fact, there is an iPad app called WikiNodes which does something similar for Wikipedia content."</ref>
== Operation ==
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The user interface is based on two display modes:
* '''Page view''' – displays Wikipedia articles in long form, similar to how they appear on the main Wikipedia web site.<ref>WikiNodes: app that presents a keyword to a word association game. Ideal for expedition Wikipedia! (Japanese) [http://www.appbank.net/2011/06/20/ipad/264833.php AppBank]</ref>
* '''Node view''' – divides Wikipedia articles into sections, and links articles to related articles, similar to [[mind mapping]].<ref>"The interface presentation of information [is] similar to that of mind mapping, which I love." – Jess Seilheimer, [http://jaeselle.com/2011/05/loving-wikinodes-ipad-app/ Digilicious] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727095629/http://jaeselle.com/2011/05/loving-wikinodes-ipad-app/ |date=2014-07-27 }}</ref> The user can drag nodes, taps any node to display it in detail, with a panel to scroll to read the contents of the section.<ref>"The interface is a freestyle drag and zoom bonanza that lets you jump between related articles easily." – [http://applicationsipad.org/wikinodes iPad Apps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708175039/http://applicationsipad.org/wikinodes |date=2011-07-08 }}</ref> This provides a visual way to see the relationships between articles.<ref>"[WikiNodes]...could redefine the way that you use Wikipedia on the iOS." – Blake Grundman, [http://www.148apps.com/news/wikinodes-brings-perspective-knowledge/ 148Apps]</ref><ref>"WikiNodes takes the huge sprawling maze of information that is Wikipedia and organizes it into a spider web of knowledge." – Phil Hornshaw, [http://www.appolicious.com/articles/7968-fresh-iphone-apps-for-may-12-trove-dictionary-com-ipad-update-wikinodes Yahoo! News & Appolicious]</ref>
As of June 2011, the app supports the 36 [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias top Wikipedia languages] (by number of articles).
== Reception ==
The app was highlighted as a "Staff pick" by Apple's U.S. [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]], Week of May 28, 2011; as "New and Noteworthy" by Apple's U.S. App Store, Week of May 5, 2011; and at other times by Apple's app stores for non-US countries.<ref>To see history of prior features in the Apple app store, adjust the date on this [http://www.appannie.com/wikinodes/features/#device=ipad App Annie page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323161819/http://www.appannie.com/wikinodes/features/#device=ipad |date=2012-03-23 }}</ref> It has been favorably covered by several bloggers, including those in the references below.<ref>WikiNodes for iPad – Making Wikipedia Fun to Explore
by Patrick Jordan on May 11, 2011 / http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-app-reviews/wikinodes-for-ipad-making-wikipedia-fun-to-explore/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822090019/http://ipadinsight.com/ipad-app-reviews/wikinodes-for-ipad-making-wikipedia-fun-to-explore/ |date=2013-08-22 }}</ref>
==See also==
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==External links==
* [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikinodes/id433834594?mt=8 Direct link to listing in Apple app store]
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