named anchors (at least) are so good when you're telling someone else to go and look at part of a document. It's the difference between "read this section http:

named anchors (at least) are so good when you're telling someone else to go and look at part of a document. It's the difference between "read this section http://example.com/foo.html#bar http://example.com/foo.html#bar" and "go to http://example.com/foo.html http://example.com/foo.html and then scroll down to the heading which reads 'All about Bar'"