Quick Wikipedia Search for ANTP

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Metro-style Wikimedia search widget. It supports multiple languages. Resizable up to 2x2 squares. [ANTP]This is a widget for the Awesome New Tab Page extension. It was originally designed as a personal minimalistic project, but many features have been subsequently added. The search query is submitted by pressing Enter.

Clicking the tile itself will direct the user to the main page of any Wikimedia site in any language selected at a given time.

The user can change the default language of the search from English to another language by using the options page.

Marking languages as Favorites will make them appear at the beginning of the dropdown list, where they can be easily reached. There is also the option of showing *only* the favorites, which can be activated by unchecking the "Show non-favorites" checkbox in the options page.

Leaving the "Show non-favorites" checkbox unchecked and having no languages marked as favorites for your default wiki makes the whole language selection dropdown box in the tile disappear.

Any changes made in the options page can be seen the next time you refresh or open the Awesome New Tab Page.

The default size of the tile is of 1 square, but it can be resized to up to 2x2 squares.

Without the Awesome New Tab Page, this extension does nothing useful.

The Awesome New Tab Page extension can be downloaded from here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mgmiemnjjchgkmgbeljfocdjjnpjnmcg

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Change Log:

* 1.1.0.1
- Changed the loading order of resources in order to prevent certain cases when the extension didn't load properly when the browser was launched.

* 1.1
- Added the ability to search all Wikimedia sites for content, switching between wikis on the fly ("Carousel").
- Added the ability to import/export the user's settings.
- Changed the storage method for the user's settings - the app now uses the Chrome storage API; previous settings are automatically converted to the new format.
- As more wiki projects appear, the app now updates its database of wikis (manually or automatically, once every month).
- Slightly redesigned Options page, featuring a save button.
- Removed the useless 5-pixel margin of the app content in order to accommodate more text.
- The app now also shows the names of the languages in the language selection menu.
- The language dropdown box now disappears if the text in the searchbox gets long enough.
- Slightly better searchbox caret controls.

* 1.0.0.5
- A "Back to ANTP" button for the Options page.
- A button that reverts to the default settings.
- Another name for the awkwardly-sounding "long list".
- Autocomplete.
- Background color selection.
- Click reactions that are similar to those of a custom shortcut tile.
- Interface in English, French, Romanian or Spanish, depending on the browser settings.
- Slightly redesigned Options page.

* 1.0.0.4
- Fixed bug where emptying the "long list" and refreshing the tile would replenish the "long list".

* 1.0.0.3
- Added solution to problems that arised when updating from v1.0.0.1 to v1.0.0.2.

* 1.0.0.2
- Added support for multiple languages and the possibility of resizing the tile.

* 1.0.0.1
- Fixed issue where clicking the W would open the Wikipedia home page in the tiny 200x200 tile instead of the whole window.

* 1.0
- Initial release.