Comments on: HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME http://www.gotbrandy.com/archives/91 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:59:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Brandy Karl http://www.gotbrandy.com/archives/91#comment-72 Brandy Karl Sun, 20 Nov 2005 02:44:07 +0000 http://www.gotbrandy.com/archives/91#comment-72 Yes, but it doesn't print anything. Moreover, sometimes footnotes (or really tangential diatribes) can be really long. Also, you can't keep your mouse over the cursor. It's actually not that hard to create text while the mouse hovers over a link. I think for a lot of contexts (i.e., providing brief contextual information) that it would work well. Now, this doesn't mean that I don't like this idea. I like the concept of links being to outside material, and having some other system to sift through inside material. Just haven't seen any solutions that really grab me. Yes, but it doesn’t print anything. Moreover, sometimes footnotes (or really tangential diatribes) can be really long. Also, you can’t keep your mouse over the cursor. It’s actually not that hard to create text while the mouse hovers over a link. I think for a lot of contexts (i.e., providing brief contextual information) that it would work well.

Now, this doesn’t mean that I don’t like this idea. I like the concept of links being to outside material, and having some other system to sift through inside material. Just haven’t seen any solutions that really grab me.

]]> By: Brian J. Smith http://www.gotbrandy.com/archives/91#comment-71 Brian J. Smith Sat, 19 Nov 2005 21:12:06 +0000 http://www.gotbrandy.com/archives/91#comment-71 Brandy... If you want to check out a cool way to implement footnotes on a website, a friend of mine, Chris Dent, has a system on his site called Warp. When you hover your cursor over a link, a pop-up displays information about the link. His site is <a href="http://www.burningchrome.com/~cdent" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Take a look and see if it is a viable option for you. Chris got a Masters degree in Information Sciences and wrote his thesis on presenting information via the web. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you sent him e-mail to ask after it, either. Hope this helps. Brandy…

If you want to check out a cool way to implement footnotes on a website, a friend of mine, Chris Dent, has a system on his site called Warp. When you hover your cursor over a link, a pop-up displays information about the link. His site is here. Take a look and see if it is a viable option for you. Chris got a Masters degree in Information Sciences and wrote his thesis on presenting information via the web. I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if you sent him e-mail to ask after it, either. Hope this helps.

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