[Textbook-l] disappearing/reappearing column-side notes

Wed Aug 6 16:45:18 UTC 2003

Here is a technical question: in the same way that the
table of contents feature can be opened and collapsed with
a click  apparently wihout reloading the whole page (which
IMHO is a very cool feature !), could we have collapseable
notes for the edge of a document ? 

I am talking in reference to the idea put forth by Mav to
have two columns on some pages with a text on one side and
notes about that text next to it in a second column. Could
we have a tiny link nested right in the main text that
would expand a box on the side of the page, revealing a
note relevent to the text ? 

This would be a great feature for Shakespeare plays with
tons of side notes and comments, or even in a textbook
where there are bunches of semi-relevent semi-tangental
comments that could add to the understanding of a subject
.. having the dialog boxes makes them easily available
without having to go to a whole new page and back while
still communicating that it is a secondary idea and giving
the reader the choice of skipping them. Having them open
and close means that 1. They are not cluttering up the
whole page and 2. you can fit a bunch of them in a small
space for those times when you need to.

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