Side Notes

It's all about tangents. No, not those kinds of tangents. We're talking about the kind where you'll be sharing a thought and you sort of, umm, go off elsewhere. Some people call them asides, digressions, departures...you get the idea. We are of the belief that footnotes - at least the ones worth reading - suck. They suck because they are elsewhere, usually far away from the line-of-sight we're focused on when we read. It would be nice to be able to optionally just glance over and take that brief little detour if we so choose. It's footnotes on steroids: sidenotes.

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Side Notes demo

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Jan. 24, 2009, 9:56 p.m. - Human

Looks stupid

March 26, 2009, 2:09 p.m. - Mike

I don't understand how to use the example. When I mouseover, click, or double-click on the text in the center of the two examples nothing happens. Maybe some instructions would help.

May 17, 2009, 10:35 p.m. - Shabi

I want to use this script on our project

Dec. 28, 2009, 10:15 p.m. - insulter

nothing good about this

Dec. 7, 2010, 12:22 a.m. - Yeng

That looks actual cool. Only botheration is if anyone is browsing with scripts angry off they won’t see the sidenotes – so I anticipate I’ll abstain putting any “essential” tangents in sidenotes…