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Old 06-11-2017, 05:47 PM   #1
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Author Link now directs to Goodreads. I preferred Wikipedia.
Is there a setting for this? This is a new change that I didn't see coming, and I prefer the old way.
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Old 06-11-2017, 05:57 PM   #2
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Is there a setting for this? This is a new change that I didn't see coming, and I prefer the old way.
Please see this thread.

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Is there a setting for this? This is a new change that I didn't see coming, and I prefer the old way.
This is configurable:
Preferences->Look&feel->Book details
the option is "clicking on author names should", you just have to select wikipedia
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Is there a setting for this? This is a new change that I didn't see coming, and I prefer the old way.
It was documented in the 2.85 and 2.85.1 release notes

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New Features

Book details panel: Allow right click to search the internet for the current book
Book details panel: Allow right clicking on an author name to search the internet for works by that author
Book details panel: Clicking an author name now searches Goodreads by default instead of Wikipedia. Can be changed in Preferences->Look & feel->Book details
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And that has what to do with Calibre?
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