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  • xp84 1 hour ago
    Tangent, but I deeply appreciate the treatment of footnotes on this article, just floating alongside the text in the right gutter instead of at the bottom of the article. It seems so obvious (at least on desktop) but I haven't seen it before. It's so nice to be able to see whether it's something I want to read, or just a citation, without clicking and losing my place (yes, I know there's usually a link back to the article flow, but especially in the "sticky header" era we've been in for decades, that rarely works well).
    • jasonpeacock 2 minutes ago
      Tufte CSS[1] provides a style for this, I like the good use of the "wasted" space in the margins of most browsers.

      [1] https://edwardtufte.github.io/tufte-css/

    • bovermyer 1 hour ago
      Thanks! Also, if you squish the browser down to mobile-size, they turn into end notes. It took me a bit of experimentation to get it like this!
      • card_zero 1 hour ago
        On my tablet (always in landscape, not lacking space), with "desktop site" mode on, the sidenotes are turned into footnotes anyway. (The text is unnecessarily large: perhaps what happened was like mobile device? -> make text big -> no room for side notes now.)
      • bardackx 1 hour ago
        I was slightly disappointed of them still being labeled as "side notes" even if they were at the bottom
        • xp84 20 minutes ago
          Heh. I guess one could have some fun with a ::before {content: "Side" or "Foot" } inside each breakpoint's media query.
        • bovermyer 53 minutes ago
          Yeah, there is room for improvement there.
  • yencabulator 36 minutes ago
    • xp84 17 minutes ago
      Nice. I was craving more examples of this, as I'm not familiar with this tradition. "Cranes with Pine Branch" is my favorite on this list.