Here’s a really pretentious odd thought that might get me some mocking … but I’d like to see an additional capability to have a bibliography in a post that shows up _after_ the footnotes, just like in a scholarly research paper. I don’t know if there would need to be separate footnote and bibliography plugins that would work together to accomplish this or if it could be wrapped up in one package. I’ve been googling around for such a thing but haven’t found it. If it already exists, I’d appreciate if someone could show me the way to it.

I want to just address some things that have been said earlier, and I didn’t comment on. Originally, the reason I changed the link in the superscript to the actual site address was because some aggregators take out some of the essential attribute that make the linknote jump possible (the ID attribute ), and of course, if you just left click it, you jump to the linknotes. The middle button thing was just an unexpected bonus.

In the latest version, I actually have made it possible to make footnotes with or without links attached to them. I think that the original intended use of Linknotes is majorly flawed in most areas. To linknote your whole post, especially with MANY link is a little ridiculous.

But I think it can be helpful for things that need more clarification, or if there are resources that can be helpful that aren’t directly related. I wouldn’t suggest using linknotes, just for the sake of using it, like others and I have been. Use them wisely in conjunction with regular in line links, for the best balance (if you use them at all).

One fellow let me know that Linknotes was REALLY helpful to him because he puts scripture passages in his entries, and this allows him to link to a Bible Online. For anyone who has read the Bible, the footnote idea isn’t new, and they often send you around to other parts of the Bible.

Any way, lots of good discussion, I’m going to keep moving forward with trying to make linknotes more friendly, and experiment with it. If you have other ideas, just go and do it, experiment!

(wow, this is long… Tooo long for me to go and edit…)

Thanks for your comments, Rory.

Having said that, my only issue is with the links as they are displayed in the text, since they imply a behaviour different to their actual effect. The collection of links at the foot of the post seems potentially useful. What iff the links in the text were displayed as normal (ie. the whole word or phrase as the hyperlink), but were accompanied by an unlinked superscripted index referring to the footnotes? The footnote links could stay the same. That would provide the link collection in the foot but solve the presentation issue in the text.

While a good number of folks are browser-savvy, and use the middle-click option to open links in a new tab in the background, a LOT of people are not. My online friends tend to be very computer and browser-literate while most of my corporeal friends are not.

Please, let’s not turn this kind of thing into a debate. I put out a moose call, which Jeremy answered out of a spirit of giving and good will. That’s how things change and improve. Some ideas work for some people, while others don’t. I get frustrated when some people cheapen what was really a favour a complete stranger did for me out of the kindness of his heart and make an issue that was never meant to be.

The point of the plugin is to make blog posts appear more like books with footnotes or scientific articles with bibliographies - it lends them an air of credibility.

Michele: “Links take up no more room than unlinked text. Those little floaty numbers take up additional room.” What part of that is an opinion?

I’m not wrong. I just have a different opinion to yours.

Michele

the reason for a plugin like this for me is not to annoy the reader nor is it to keep them on the site longer Angsuman, rather it is to group all the links together at the end of the article, like the footnotes of a book or bibliography of a scientific paper.

The superscripted numbers are themselves links to the articles Rory so they can be middle-clicked, as before.

However, as overall feedback seems to be negative, I may roll back on my use of Linknotes.

I can’t be alone in my browsing habit of middle-clicking interesting-looking links as I come to them without disturbing the flow of my reading. Why should people have to jump around the page to find a link that can be embedded right in the text?

Michele: Your post is just plain wrong. “Links and references take up more space and prominence than the content itself.” Links take up no more room than unlinked text. Those little floaty numbers take up additional room.

Such indirection is necessary for books etc. But on web we can simply link.

One of the great things about blogs is that you can link to other people’s sites and make reference to your sources.

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That’s the plugin I was looking for I think
I’ll have a go at it later this evening when I get home from work

Michele