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{{Short description|Web application for accessing Wikipedia}}
{{other uses|Gollum (disambiguation)}}
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'''Gollum browser''' is a [[web application]] for accessing the encyclopedia, [[Wikipedia]]. {{As of|since=y|2017|post=,}} Gollum is no longer accessible online.
'''Gollum browser''' is a discontinued [[web browser]] for accessing [[Wikipedia]]. {{As of|since=y|2017|post=,}} Gollum is no longer accessible online.


Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the [[web browser]]. [[hyperlink|Link]]s external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayner|first=Peter|title=Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/top-10-specialty-web-browsers-you-may-have-missed-026?page=0,7|publisher=[[InfoWorld]]|accessdate=28 October 2010|page=7|date=19 October 2010}}</ref> Gollum was created by [[Harald Hanek]] in 2005 using [[PHP]] and [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]].<ref name="zdnet" /> According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass [[censorship of Wikipedia]] in China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldkorn |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.danwei.org/internet/the_nanny_changes_her_mind_wik.php |title=The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again |publisher=Danwei.org |date= |accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref>
Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the [[web browser]]. [[hyperlink|Link]]s external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wayner|first=Peter|title=Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/top-10-specialty-web-browsers-you-may-have-missed-026?page=0,7|publisher=[[InfoWorld]]|accessdate=28 October 2010|page=7|date=19 October 2010}}</ref> Gollum was created by [[Harald Hanek]] in 2005 using [[PHP]] and [[Ajax (programming)|Ajax]].<ref name="zdnet" /> According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass [[censorship of Wikipedia]] in China.<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldkorn |first=Jeremy |url=http://www.danwei.org/internet/the_nanny_changes_her_mind_wik.php |title=The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again |publisher=Danwei.org |date= |accessdate=11 September 2013}}</ref>


==Languages==
==Languages==
Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages<ref>{{cite web|author=Gollum, Harald Hanek |url=http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |title=Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser |publisher=Gollum.easycp.de |date= |accessdate=2013-09-11}}</ref> and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.
Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages<ref>{{cite web |author=Gollum, Harald Hanek |url=http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |title=Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser |publisher=Gollum.easycp.de |date= |accessdate=11 September 2013 |archive-date=31 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331220609/http://gollum.easycp.de/en/0,1,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.


===Gollum's GUI===
===Gollum's GUI===
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[[Category:Discontinued web browsers]]

Latest revision as of 15:01, 13 September 2024

For other uses, see Gollum (disambiguation).

Gollum browser
Original author(s)Harald Hanek[1]
Initial release2005
Written inPHP[1]
PlatformWeb browser
Available in32 languages
Typeweb application
Websitegollum.easycp.de/en/

Gollum browser is a discontinued web browser for accessing Wikipedia. Since 2017, Gollum is no longer accessible online.

Gollum is designed to browse Wikipedia in an easier way than directly using the web browser. Links external to Wikipedia are opened in the user's regular browser. Gollum is opened from a regular browser and makes a window that puts the Wikipedia search bar on the toolbar.[2] Gollum was created by Harald Hanek in 2005 using PHP and Ajax.[1] According to one blogger, Gollum provides a way to bypass censorship of Wikipedia in China.[3]

Languages

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Though the website is available only in English and German, Gollum's GUI is available in more than 32 languages[4] and can browse nearly 50 Wikipedia editions.

Gollum's GUI

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  • Arabic
  • Indonesian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • German
  • Estonian
  • Greek
  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Hebrew
  • Croatian
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Luxembourgish
  • Hungarian
  • Dutch
  • Norwegian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Finnish
  • Swedish
  • Tagalog

Browsable Wikipedia editions

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  • Arabic
  • Bulgarian
  • Bosnian
  • Catalan
  • Chinese
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Finnish
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Hebrew
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Indonesian
  • Italian
  • * Japanese
  • Korean
  • Kurdish
  • Latin
  • Luxembourgish
  • Limburgan
  • Low German
  • Norwegian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Pushto
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Serbian
  • Serbo-Croatian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish
  • Swiss German
  • Tagalog
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Walloon
  • Western Frisian
  • Yiddish

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gilbert, Alorie (29 November 2005). "Web tool puts new face on Wikipedia". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 1 December 2005.
  2. ^ Wayner, Peter (19 October 2010). "Top 10 specialty Web browsers you may have missed". InfoWorld. p. 7. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ^ Goldkorn, Jeremy. "The Nanny changes her mind: Wikipedia blocked again". Danwei.org. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ^ Gollum, Harald Hanek. "Gollum, the Wikipedia Browser". Gollum.easycp.de. Archived from the original on 31 March 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
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