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You mean footnotes? As they have been used for centuries in print? The difference between them and a simple hyperlink is that they can and often will provide s
by atoav 2y ago
You mean footnotes? As they have been used for centuries in print?
The difference between them and a simple hyperlink is that they can and often will provide some additional context, that is out of the scope of the original text. Ideally on a website meant for computer screens you wouldn't have them on the end, but in the margins, next to the information, but for short stuff it is okay to put them at the end of the chapter – bonus points if the reference numbers can be clicked and take you to the foot note, extra bonus points if there is an arrow taking you up again.
But this is scientific literature style writing, not everything needs footnotes.
- Someone 2y ago> The difference between them and a simple hyperlink is that they can and often will provide some additional context, <a href=“Foo” title=“go to Foo” /> will give you additional context on hover (on systems that support that)
- efilife 2y ago> The difference between them and a simple hyperlink is that they can and often will provide some additional context It's possible to 'link' to a html tag, so the page jumps to the bottom, where the additional context is, much like wikipedia does