Introduction

Maik.io has a few small Easter eggs hidden away — but don’t worry: this page focuses on the things you’ll actually use day to day.
Here you’ll find a clear guide to display modes (light/dark), language switching (DE/EN), search, and the “Related Articles” section.

Switching Between Light and Dark Mode

You can change the website’s appearance at any time to suit your preference.

How to switch

  • Click the sun: activates light mode
  • Click the moon: activates dark mode

The toggle is located in the website header.

What is saved?

Your choice is stored locally in your browser. This means:

  • On your next visit, the last selected mode is restored automatically.
  • The setting applies per device and per browser.

Automatic selection

As long as you haven’t made a manual choice, Maik.io follows your system’s appearance settings.
If your operating system prefers dark mode, the site will start in dark mode as well.

Switching Language (German / English)

maik.io provides content in German and English — where available.

How to switch

  • Click EN: switches to the English version
  • Click DE: switches to the German version

The language switcher is located in the page header.

Availability note

Not every page exists in both languages.

  • Some content is only available in German.
  • As a result, a page may not appear in the English navigation or may not have a direct English counterpart.
  • In the metadata below the title, you can see whether a page is available in another language.

The search feature helps you quickly find content again.

What to expect

  • Results appear while you type (live search).
  • Matches are shown as a list, each with a title and link.
  • The search scans content such as titles, short descriptions/summaries, and the page body.

Keyboard controls

If you prefer working without a mouse:

  • Typing: starts and updates the search immediately
  • Arrow up / down: move through the results list
  • Arrow right: opens the currently selected result
  • Escape: clears the search and resets the results

Privacy and technology in one sentence

The search runs entirely in your browser. No search queries are sent to a server, and nothing is stored centrally.

A small peculiarity

There is a special input that triggers an internal hint box and then reloads the page.
This is intentional (an Easter egg) and exists purely for testing and playful experimentation.

At the end of many posts, you’ll find a section with related articles. The goal is to help you quickly jump to thematically relevant content.

When is the section shown?

  • Only when genuinely relevant content is found.
  • If there are no matches, nothing is shown (instead of an empty block).

The selection is based on a post’s metadata, typically:

  • Tags
  • Series or similar groupings
  • Additional content-related signals from the post

A maximum of four suggestions is displayed.

What does it look like?

There are two display variants:

  1. Photo posts

    • If a post has the photo tag and a cover image is found, it appears as an image tile without title or date.

  2. All other posts

    • Posts without the photo tag or without a cover image are shown with:
      • Title
      • Date

How is the cover image found?

For image teasers, the system automatically searches for a suitable cover image.
Multiple possible fields and sources are checked.
A visual teaser is only shown if an actual image is found.

The text was automatically translated from German into English. The German quotations were also translated in sense.