MandarisI've been thinking about footnotes and whether they should be included in my writing. It started after reading this article from Kitty Giraudel about accessible footnotes, and I explored using popover as an alternative.
I was reading the Piccalilli newsletter and saw that Jake Archibald recently wrote an article about footnotes and has some suggestions on what to use instead.
I hate footnotes1, and hopefully by the end of this, you will too. Let's get down to it…
One of the points that stuck out for me was how footnotes can lead to context switching which can interrupt the flow of reading.
I’m still using footnotes in my writing, but I’ve (hopefully) reduced the usage to references.