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> in a printed book, it is easier to find a previous page and compare a fragment on it with the current fragment. This is why I like plain text for everything
by kwhitefoot 5y ago
> in a printed book, it is easier to find a previous page and compare a fragment on it with the current fragment.
This is why I like plain text for everything (or Emacs Org Mode) because then I can have multiple frames showing different parts of the same buffer in Emacs.
- medstrom 5y agoYou can also create several browser tabs visiting the same page. Of course, no one thinks to do that.
- davegauer 5y agoMake that several browser windows. And that's a good point. I sometimes end up inefficiently scrolling up and down a document to reference different parts of it. It almost never occurs to me to open another browser window with the same page for side-by-side reference.