Comments on: Anchors away! http://irama.org/news/2008/05/18/anchors-away/ the web and I Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:06:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Andrew http://irama.org/news/2008/05/18/anchors-away/#comment-5712 Andrew Mon, 19 May 2008 08:36:48 +0000 http://irama.org/news/2008/05/18/anchors-away/#comment-5712 <p><q>Great marketing skills</q></p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p><q>Might be nice to be able to set this with a proper parameter.</q></p> <p>Agreed. Proper configuration options would be good... <a href="/web/dhtml/frag-link/#road-map" rel="nofollow">Road-mapped</a>!</p> <p><q>The highlighting seemed very quick to me. On occasion, I must have missed it</q></p> <p>That's a good point. I was thinking that it may even be better if the highlighting remained (at least until another fragment is selected).<br /> Perhaps this behaviour should be configurable too.</p> <p><q>I see this ultimately as a piece of user agent functionality, whether built-in, plug-in, or user script</q></p> Yes, I agree to a point. You probably realise I have alterior motives. By making this a site-specific enhancement it will encourage authors to link to page sections rather than anchor points.<br /> Creating a browser plugin / user script may have the same effect over time though.<br /> Hmmm... food for thought.</p> <p><q>Does any of that make sense? Well done, AR! I like, I like.</q></p> <p>Yes, all good points. Thank you.<br /> You should probably steer clear of those tabs though ;) </p> Great marketing skills

Thanks!

Might be nice to be able to set this with a proper parameter.

Agreed. Proper configuration options would be good… Road-mapped!

The highlighting seemed very quick to me. On occasion, I must have missed it

That’s a good point. I was thinking that it may even be better if the highlighting remained (at least until another fragment is selected).
Perhaps this behaviour should be configurable too.

I see this ultimately as a piece of user agent functionality, whether built-in, plug-in, or user script

Yes, I agree to a point. You probably realise I have alterior motives. By making this a site-specific enhancement it will encourage authors to link to page sections rather than anchor points.
Creating a browser plugin / user script may have the same effect over time though.
Hmmm… food for thought.

Does any of that make sense? Well done, AR! I like, I like.

Yes, all good points. Thank you.
You should probably steer clear of those tabs though ;)

]]> By: Hugh Barnes http://irama.org/news/2008/05/18/anchors-away/#comment-5711 Hugh Barnes Sun, 18 May 2008 11:22:44 +0000 http://irama.org/news/2008/05/18/anchors-away/#comment-5711 "Users confused? FLH to the rescue!" Great marketing skills. Now I see what you've been up to this weekend! This is an interesting idea. I tried out the demo from the internal browser of Akregator, which is set to render with Konqueror's engine. The highlighting seemed very quick to me. On occasion, I must have missed it because the browser was so slow to jump to the fragment – "if a tree falls …" and all that. Probably 50 tabs or so aren't helping any. (ooh, quick clarification edit: not pills!) I just looked at the source to see what the flashing duration was, and it shows a whole second. Hmm. Might be nice to be able to set this with a proper parameter. Now, I suspect this has occurred to you already: I see this ultimately as a piece of user agent functionality, whether built-in, plug-in, or user script (probably the preferred option). I don't think it will reach its full potential as site-specific experience candy, though this is a fine incubation environment. Does any of that make sense? Well done, AR! I like, I like.