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Meta-comment: I really love the expanding explanation hyperlinks in this article. It's a much better alternative (imo) than say, linking in a new tab, or a pop-
by Xophmeister 4y ago
Meta-comment: I really love the expanding explanation hyperlinks in this article. It's a much better alternative (imo) than say, linking in a new tab, or a pop-up, etc.
- matthberg 4y agoMe too, I found that aspect of the site design really cool. Just another perk of hand-made personal sites instead of things like medium. I think it might be even more useful with a faint background color so you could skip ahead to the end of the parenthetical if you figured out what you wanted to a few words in. Overall really cool feature though, which I'm tempted to steal haha.
- okaleniuk 4y agoBackground colors are a great idea, I'll do that!
- okaleniuk 4y agoDone! All the expandables have background colors now. https://github.com/akalenuk/wordsandbuttons/commit/22ef6295cade5a81fd36c041f3827b22661265bc https://github.com/akalenuk/wordsandbuttons/commit/22ef6295c... Thanks for the idea!
- nkurz 4y agoWhereas I didn't realize they were links, and never thought to click on the oddly worded text below the examples. For others like me, the plain text label in a square box below the listings that says stilted things like "The one on the left does" expands when clicked to give a useful explanatory paragraph. Seems like a good approach, but I could have used a better affordance: a cursor change on hover, underlined blue text, even maybe a tool tip that says "click me for the answer you idiot".
- ranit 4y agoIt cannot be toggled back to hide the explanation without refreshing the whole page.
- okaleniuk 4y agoFixed! Every expandable text can now be toggled back. Thanks for bringing this up!
- ranit 4y agoNice and useful post BTW. Most programmers seem oblivious about what takes place "under the hood". A side note: I still plan to read your Geometry for Programmers, now that it is close to being finished. All the best!
- okaleniuk 4y agoYes, I did the foldable thingies in https://wordsandbuttons.online/programmers_guide_to_polynomials_and_splines.html https://wordsandbuttons.online/programmers_guide_to_polynomi... and https://wordsandbuttons.online/if_i_were_to_invent_a_programming_language_for_the_21st_century.html https://wordsandbuttons.online/if_i_were_to_invent_a_program... But not on this page. I thought that the arrows are a bit noisy. I can still add this "toggle back" feature here if you want.